<p>I think the language barrier between dko and the rest of you is causing some misunderstandings. When he was referring to "perfect IQ Asians," he was trying to compliment them, not belittle them. He feels like international students are looked down upon by Americans, and was implying that international students are the ones who are the most successful at the top American colleges (not saying that's true or false, just clarifying).</p>
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^^ foreman, for you it's a bad attitude which is frequently reflected in a low GPA , because teachers tend to not give bad apples a break.
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<p>That is not a bad attitude, it's a different set of priorities. Not everyone is destined to get a 4.0, go to Harvard, and become the next president, despite what this forum may lead to believe</p>
<p>dko, Racism is racism whether you're paying a stereotypical compliment or not, and even whether you're paying it as an insult to all "AMERICAN SCIENTIFICS."</p>
<p>Foreman, you called a fellow poster a "prick." This is more than a bad attitude - I was being nice. You need to be banned.</p>
<p>i was getting my point across ;)</p>
<p>and joking with you if your still mad</p>
<p>it annoys me how misrepresnted dko is in this thread by members, and you are definitely one of them</p>
<p>Funny, I was on his side encouraging him by telling stories of people I know who have been successful in spite of low SATs. When he started supporting your low-ball tactics and gave this self-entitled rant about how Americans were doomed to secede our laboratories to "perfect IQ Asians" because they wouldn't give him in particular a chance, I decided you guys were playing on the same side of the low achiever club.</p>
<p>You're joking with me? I'm mad? Huh?</p>
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You're joking with me? I'm mad? Huh?
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I meant yesterday, with the old jokes</p>
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When he started supporting your low-ball tactics and gave this self-entitled rant about how Americans were doomed to secede our laboratories to "perfect IQ Asians" because they wouldn't give him in particular a chance, I decided you guys were playing on the same side of the low achiever club.
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<p>because that's the impression that both he and I get from this site, thanks to people like hookem (maybe not the asian part) but there's a lot of personalities on here that dont appeal. and please dont use your next post to state the obvious that "foreman, you have a bad personality". im simply trying to defend a friend, and when selfish jerks tell him he's an idiot for applying with the low sat scores, which is by the way not at all relevant to the purpose of the thread, it annoys me</p>
<p>im not a low achiever, i like a balance in life. sure i don't do homework and don't study, but i also do sports and hang out with people. i enjoy my life, and i don't see how people can while studying 24 hours.</p>
<p>Alright you people need to calm down. I had a snide comment towards Dko, but I didn't realize he was from Senegal, and for that, I apologize. Matt's mom, I think you more than anybody else needs to calm down. Dko was not being "racist" by saying "perfect IQ Asians." Again, he was trying to compliment them, and there was obviously something lost in translation. I really don't think saying they have a bad attitude is really adding anything to the conversation, by the way.</p>
<p>In a weird way Foreman just made a new friend, dko! hmm... nice</p>
<p>actually, me and dko have been friends since i chanced him when he first got here! that's why i've defended him. :)</p>
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dko, Racism is racism whether you're paying a stereotypical compliment or not, and even whether you're paying it as an insult to all "AMERICAN SCIENTIFICS."
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This is kind of ironic that you criticize him for being racist, and then go on to mock his misunderstanding of english.</p>
<p>^^I should calm down? I'm not going around calling people "pricks."</p>
<p>This was hookem's
"elitist" comment in response to my daughter earlier in this thread:</p>
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^ wow. I bet she's a brilliant kid though</p>
<p>This is somewhat related, although his problems are WAY worse than ADD...has anyone seen the documentary on Kim Peek??? If you haven't, Youtube it right now!
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<p>I suggest you guys wikipedia or youtube him to see the unappealing personality and disregard for low SATs that hookem must have to have recommended it.</p>
<p>I didn't notice that at the time Foreman, but you are right. Please don't mock the kid's language when obviously he is learning it.</p>
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This is kind of ironic that you criticize him for being racist, and then go on to mock his misunderstanding of english.
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<p>Not a mock - you're readng into it. I was pointing out his anger and I wanted to quote him exactly so people would know where in his rant to look in case I misunderstood his meaning of this.</p>
<p>then why did you choose to just quote those two words. nice cover up, your a hypocrite</p>
<p>isn't all of this bickering kind of ruining dko's thread guys?</p>
<p>i've tried keeping my mouth shut and gryffon/matt's mom are incapable of making relevant comments.</p>
<p>Fight threads funny =p <em>bookmark</em></p>
<p>I notified the moderators awhile ago about this thread...they should have closed it down and deleted it yesterday.</p>
<p>and yet you failed to address everything i said.</p>
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<li><p>you mocked his english</p></li>
<li><p>you can't stay on topic</p></li>
<li><p>your part of the reason this thread was ruined</p></li>
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<p>Right Foreman, you're never at fault. It's always somebody else, isn't it?</p>