Today, I've finally knew one of the major differences of being an Asian (mainly Chinese) and a non-Asian (mainly Australian).
This morning, I had an Accounting lecture, where the current lecturer was replaced by another lecturer because the previous one has something on. So, this substitute lecturer just read through the lecture notes and showed us a video clip on OneTel.
Everything went on smoothly until the OneTel video. There was some technical glitch in the video, that did not allow the sound to be heard loudly, so basically, I was just trying to watch a video with a soft sound. In a way, it was pretty hard to hear the video, but it was even harder to hear the video when all the non-Asians (mainly Australians) were packing up their bags and leaving the lecture theatre. Just because they cannot hear the sound, and they think it's a waste of their time to stay there, which, by the way, it was only 5 minutes to end of lesson.
One digression is : What can you do with 5 minutes more?
Walking out of the theatre requires you at least 1 minute, plus if you decided to go to the washroom, or go get your food, or think of catching up on some work, it will take you more than 5 minutes to get to your desired place and get your work done.
But, that's besides the point.
My main point here is that the non-Asians (mainly Australians) started packing their stuff and leaving the lecture theatre even when the video's still running, the lecturer's still there and the other students like me, were trying to pay attention to the video.
After 3 minutes, the entire non-Asian (mainly Australian) population (or at least 98%) left the theatre, with only a handful of non_Asians (mainly Australians) and Asians (mainly Chinese) left.
Mind you, only the Asian (mainly Chinese) population stayed the same throughout the whole lecture.
From this, I am proud to be an Asian (mainly Chinese), because we have been taught from young to give respect to our elders.
Yes, we are there at the university to learn, and to study well, but we should not forget to respect our seniors, the lecturers, who had put much effort in preparing for the lectures. And even if you can't really hear the video, try to stay till lesson officially ends, show respect.
P.S.: the above non-Asians (Australians) do not apply to my college mates or anyone that i know for that matter.
This morning, I had an Accounting lecture, where the current lecturer was replaced by another lecturer because the previous one has something on. So, this substitute lecturer just read through the lecture notes and showed us a video clip on OneTel.
Everything went on smoothly until the OneTel video. There was some technical glitch in the video, that did not allow the sound to be heard loudly, so basically, I was just trying to watch a video with a soft sound. In a way, it was pretty hard to hear the video, but it was even harder to hear the video when all the non-Asians (mainly Australians) were packing up their bags and leaving the lecture theatre. Just because they cannot hear the sound, and they think it's a waste of their time to stay there, which, by the way, it was only 5 minutes to end of lesson.
One digression is : What can you do with 5 minutes more?
Walking out of the theatre requires you at least 1 minute, plus if you decided to go to the washroom, or go get your food, or think of catching up on some work, it will take you more than 5 minutes to get to your desired place and get your work done.
But, that's besides the point.
My main point here is that the non-Asians (mainly Australians) started packing their stuff and leaving the lecture theatre even when the video's still running, the lecturer's still there and the other students like me, were trying to pay attention to the video.
After 3 minutes, the entire non-Asian (mainly Australian) population (or at least 98%) left the theatre, with only a handful of non_Asians (mainly Australians) and Asians (mainly Chinese) left.
Mind you, only the Asian (mainly Chinese) population stayed the same throughout the whole lecture.
From this, I am proud to be an Asian (mainly Chinese), because we have been taught from young to give respect to our elders.
Yes, we are there at the university to learn, and to study well, but we should not forget to respect our seniors, the lecturers, who had put much effort in preparing for the lectures. And even if you can't really hear the video, try to stay till lesson officially ends, show respect.
P.S.: the above non-Asians (Australians) do not apply to my college mates or anyone that i know for that matter.
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