So I was sitting in class. It just so happened that I finished the assignment early and spent the next ten-fifteen minutes loooking around the room, resting my head on my arms, sighing, drumming my fingers while waiting for the last few idiots still needing those "five more minutes, okay, guys?" to be done.

This guy diagonally across from me has his book out and has been reading for the past five-ten minutes. I catch my teacher's eye and take out a book of my own. He--the teacher--starts making his rounds from his place in front of the room, once, twice, five times. He stops at his own desk, then walks again.

He stops by my desk. "What are you reading there?" I smile and show him the book, then turn back to it, thinking he was just amking conversation for the last few seconds. "You reading a Chinese book?" He smiles. I don't answer, thinking perhaps I heard him wrong. He reads the first few words of the title aloud. I add the last, "Empress". "Ah, empress.", says he. I nod my head. He looks at me. "That sounds Chinese." Another smile.

I blink. "Um, it's by Tamora Pierce." A blank look on his face and I continue, "One of the most popular young adult authors." Top of the New York Times List, I add silently. More and more 'adults' are reading young adult fiction from all the great media the genre is getting. ANYWAY. "She has these realms she's created..."

"Oh, so it's fantasy?" he interrupts abruptly. I nod. "Oh." He nods, too, and then walks away.

What the hell was that? What was all that 'Chinese' crap?

God.

I hate those awkward situations. I managed to get myself into one the other day at work. I saw this customer looking around at the soda after she had already picked up a regular pepsi and I politely pointed out we had diet also; as well as sprite and the various other sodas we carry. from the look she gave me, I think I offended her by telling her we had diet. I just went back to my work and ignored her until she walked away.
» LostSoul13 on 2008-03-03 11:31:50

Haha. :P The things people assume...
» randomjunk on 2008-03-03 11:52:34

hmmm... ignorance?
» renaye on 2008-03-04 12:31:39

OMG...I've been in that situation before. It's so weird but so obvious when a teacher acts like they are interested when they are really just killing time.
» Southern on 2008-03-04 12:45:33

The book you're reading, what's the title and what is it about? The Chinese thing has got me interested. I never had much chance to learn the history of China.
» Nuttz on 2008-03-04 04:28:32

Wow...
Very awkward. I wonder why he thought it was Chinese. o.0
» Kirei on 2008-03-04 12:53:27

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