Scary Enough for You?

~ Clarissa

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I’m practicing the terrifying glare I will inflict on the students who didn’t show up for the final. Would this scare you? I still have 20 minutes to keep practicing.

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15 thoughts on “Scary Enough for You?”

  1. It’s late in Israel, and I was planning to go to sleep soon. 😦

    Just for fun – now in Israel:
    Massive snowstorm shuts down Jerusalem; police to residents: Stay indoors
    http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.563057

    Thousands of people in and around Jerusalem were left without power. A hastily assembled array of relief services, beefed up by Israeli army troops, came to the aid of hundreds of motorists who were trapped in their vehicles, some for up to 10 hours.

    Speaking on the radio, Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat described the snowstorm as a “tsunami,” for which the municipality was unprepared.

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  3. “20 minutes to keep practicing” brings to mind the “productivity apps and time management tools” of another post. Blogging and interacting with readers as a way to increase productivity with the help of the entire community!

    And, forgot to ask, regarding immigrants’ accent. Is having accent extremely problematic in USA, or are people with skills and good English (except accent) usually fine?

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    1. Actually, I’m very heavily into productivity apps and tools at this moment. This gives me an illusion of control over the world that has proven to be uncontrollable in a scary way.

      Some areas in the US are very used to immigrants but some are not used to us at all. Here in Southern Illinois, even my very light accent is nearly incomprehensible to the local people. But these are not people who are in a position to hire anybody for anything.

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      1. My grandmother — very much a stereotypical Southern (in US context) lady — could not even understand the mildest British or any other accent. When a British person was on TV I had to translate everything for her. Sometimes I could barely hear the British accent, but she could not understand in the least.

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    2. I think that if a person is white then having an accent wouldn’t prevent him or her from getting a job. However if someone seems vaguely Middle Eastern, then having an accent might become an emplyment barrier. Also, having a Mexican (or other type of Hspanic) accent might prevent someone from being hired. And, like Clarissa states this is very context specific. In larger cities, you will see considerably more cross cultural and cross racial interactions.

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