A Thread Worth Reading

[mike carey]

Don't jump to conclusions about people you meet. This guy was annoyed by the guy next to him in his management class until he found out what he was actually doing.

 

[+ quoththeraven]

Counterpoint, including him calling the Asian author of the below thread a Mongoloid and her pinned tweet ("hey, you. if you woke up this morning, that's a victory. i see you, and i love you. you've come so far. i am so proud of you.") inspiration porn.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/984980959052251137

 

Short version: he was only ever annoyed by his foreign classmate, with his broken English and his practice of leaving his books on the desk the person tweeting used, until he found out that the guy was saving the seat for him. (Someone points out that maybe it should have been obvious that the seat was being saved, as the desk was consistently available and empty at every class.)

 

Personally, I was saddened that the foreign student thought of Thomas as a friend the whole semester when the thread demonstrates his disdain toward him until he learned he was saving his seat. Then, and only then, did he pay attention to him. All because his English wasn't good and he left his books on the desk Thomas viewed as his.

Edited April 15, 2018 by quoththeraven

[mike carey]

Valid and important counterpoint. Nonetheless, I think his moment of (sort of) epiphany was important for him to share.

Edited April 15, 2018 by mike carey

[marylander1940]

Valid and important counterpoint. Nonetheless, I think him moment of (sort of) epiphany was important for him to share.

 

cathartic too!

 

Counterpoint, including him calling the Asian author of the below thread a Mongoloid and her pinned tweet ("hey, you. if you woke up this morning, that's a victory. i see you, and i love you. you've come so far. i am so proud of you.") inspiration porn.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/984980959052251137

 

Short version: he was only ever annoyed by his foreign classmate, with his broken English and his practice of leaving his books on the desk the person tweeting used, until he found out that the guy was saving the seat for him. (Someone psoints out that maybe it should have been obvious that the seat was being saved, as the desk was consistently available and empty at every class.)

 

Personally, I was saddened that the foreign student thought of Thomas as a friend the whole semester when the thread demonstrates his disdain toward him until he learned he was saving his seat. Then, and only then, did he pay attention to him. All because his English wasn't good and he left his books on the desk Thomas viewed as his.

 

Possibly back home a seat was a luxury and not a right.

[Bearofdistinction]

Valid and important counterpoint. Nonetheless, I think his moment of (sort of) epiphany was important for him to share.

 

A lovely story --- I wonder what unconscious thing that Thomas did to make his fellow student from the Middle East view Thomas as a Friend?

[Bargara Leatherboy]

Thanks for sharing. Regardless of background we never know someone else's story until we find out. There may be a reason why someone comes across as unpleasant.

 

 

 

Be The better person and reach out