The Saudi Swan

Not The Last Song

Cartoon(3-3)

Filed under: Uncategorized — Eman K at 12:14 am on Sunday, July 27, 2008



 

Hi

Do you see the cartoon above?

This is almost what my so OPEN-MINDED teacher asked me to do.

As I was trying to persuade her that it was ME, yes me, who wrote that so beautiful ( so conifident of my self :-)  ) essay, she was eying me suspicously while repeating over and over again that I should prove to her that it was me and only me who wrote it.

“Prove to me”.

“How?”

“Next time you are gonna write an essay as good as this one in the class in front of me.”

“But writing needs a peace of mind.”

“This is the only way I can believe you.”

 No  

As despair was getting the best of me, I heard a very dear voice.

“Believe her. She is a good writer.”

It was my Pakistani teacher, may God bless her, defending me staunchingly.

At this, the other teacher had nothing to say and dismissed me coldly.

A few days later, the teacher sent me my essay.

It looked just like this

Full of red lines and circles.

Just a few days ago she had been accusing me of stealing my essay from a newspaper, how come she found

all these mistakes.

I’m just wondering LOUDLY!

 

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6

   manal.k

July 28, 2008 @ 12:02 am

Great Job Eman! The way you told the story is very nice! It immediately catches the attention, especially when you added the picture of the assignment with lots of red lines and notices. How Ridiculous!

7

   Asma

July 28, 2008 @ 1:13 pm

yea i believe there are many like your open-minded teacher waiting and looking for someone talented to keep on decreasing their ability.
but the most important thing which you have, confidence and whispering true to yourself.
i wish that kind of a human being disappear :(

8

   ammoon

July 29, 2008 @ 1:47 am

Hi Asma

What really hurts is that she’s Saudi.

Instead of encouraging her citizen, she did her best to deflate my ego.
On the other hand, my dear Pakistani teacher took my side immeduately and defended my heartily only because she believed in me.

To summerize the situation I would just say that in our country we don’t believe in ourselves.

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