Sunday, July 31, 2011

in which we begin to scratch the surface (Originally posted Sep. 27, 2010)

American Teacher: "Okay, class, draw a map of China during the Ming Dynasty."

Chinese student: "Japan was still a part of China then, right?"

Teacher: "...huh?"

Student: "Yes or no?"

Teacher: "Uh, Japan never belonged to China."

Class: "Yes it did! A long time ago!"

Teacher: "N-no... Japan has had one of the longest running dynasties in the world, if not THE longest. It never belonged to China."

Student: "I think it did."

Teacher: "...please just draw China without Japan, I'm not going to get into this..."




Yes, there are issues afoot.

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