This is something that would never come up in Iran, due to its racially homogenous nature, however in Canada and France, the question of the Origin of your Teacher, is a fun hobby of students. With my students in grade 8 i have managed quite well to keep the mystery alive. They top three hypotheses for my origin among my students are:
- Portugese
- Anglophone (to them i guess that is a 'race')
- Pakistani (with honourable mention going to Iranian!)
So for the moment i have said nothing.
However, for Anne-Laure's first year university class (to him i give physics and chemistry oral examinations) the mystery has been solved. They actually thought i was the guy in this commercial:
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2 Comments
October 10, 2006 at 6:48 pm
this is funny. i went through this period where lots of people would ask me if i was portoguese. ever since that time i have always wanted to go to portugal and check it out.
October 11, 2006 at 5:04 am
Umm, about the ad. Where was it made? ’cause I got nothing. I probably wouldn’t have pegged your accent in 8th grade either. At least some of them got the right hemisphere.