acerpacer said:
This post is now being discussed on an international student site as a classic example of Australian racism.
You are now famous.
Way to go.
That is awesome... but anyone calling it racism doesn't know what racism is.
It is not racist to want to understand what people are saying and have people in your group who can actually contribute. I have been in groups with international students that I could not understand at all, not a single word. I just agreed with whatever they said so they would stop talking to me. I've been in groups with 4 other international students where I had to redo all of their parts because they weren't good enough. Not wanting to have to put up with that kind of bullshit is not racism.
If I was generalising it would be racism, but I am not. In my 4 years there have been a lot of international students in my classes, they are the majority in some of them, and only one has been able to speak english well enough to be there... and I am not saying this applies to all asians everywhere, just the ones I have met at uni.
If I met an international student who could speak and write english properly (not perfectly just enough to be understood and not require me to re-write their work) and contribute effectively to a group I will have no problem with that person.