My Mom, who managed to ecke out an RN degree (on her own dime) because of need due to my white UAW 40 year employed GM Dad decided he was going to abuse crack, told me that the students in her class were upset that she got an "A" on all the exams.
Oh, no, everybody both native and foreign reviled Mom. Of course, Austrian Mom at 57 said that she had an easier time completing the course (ending up getting along better with the foreign students), than the native born who fumed and sputtered at her after each exam; they struggling to keep up the bottom part of the curve (above "washout").
Next time you're at the Doc's office and you can't understand anybody but the receptionist, think 'bout that.
Without doubt, I'll tell you from personal experience of 18 years as a programmer/analyst: Grandstanding Jenny desires to dumpt your tax revenues into a sink-hole having no bottom.
I'll tell you this: Don't you bullshit me. I've been in this business far too long. Don't YOU bullshit me.
I've sat in departmental meetings, where 4-year IT college degree'd people couldn't read what I wrote. When I inquired, they responded that they didn't know what the word was that I used, and therefor couldn't read it aloud. When suggested that they just "sound it out", I was met with a stare as if I had three-heads.
And so it came down to this: In a professional setting, and public forum, i.e, a inter-departmental progress meeting, a co-worker acknowleged that she didn't know the word that I had used in my project status report.
O.k., lets just throw out "sardonic", that's a word that you might not know the definition of. But pronouncing the word should be pretty straightforward, eh? I'm referring to a poly-syllabic word akin to "multiculturalism".
While that's not the word in contention here, this college graduate (not at the bottom, nor them middle of her class) insisted she'd "never learned the word, and therefor did not know how to read it."
"That's fine," says I, just "sound it out. Then look it up in a dictionary." She looked at me like I had three heads. "Well. Not EVERYBODY is an Einstein.".
Needless to say, that after I clashed with a female CPA who became my supervisor after my original boss left, who inquired my assessment of how long a project would take (but don't take too long since I already quoted the job), I was fired. And this was a Kris Kraft affiliated company.
If anybody wants affirmative action: I think whitey needs it. Lets get it done NOW. Because once blacks and "minorities" are running the businesses, "whitey" is going to need affirmative action.
No, I meant it as a harmless jest. Please don't take offense.