My husband is an Asian Georgia Tech graduate, so this news is becoming personal everyday. For example, my dad in Korea called me yesterday, "Your hubby's school campus showed on nine o'clock news because a graduate school professor collected money from Asian students who weren't fluent in English." Well, I'm glad he got to see what his son-in-law's graduated school looks like but to many engineers in Georgia whose pride is "Yellow Jacket" and "G. Tech the Real Tech", this global news worth ten buckets of beer. How do we draw a boundary and say no to a pressure like that? What would I do if I were forced into under the table payments for being an English as a second language student? Is this the issue of peer pressure or code of ethics? If I had to write an editorial on this news, I would have struggled with finding an angle. All of sudden, I realized how thankful I am to my editing team who are helping me to complete this course.
Hi Edlyn, it is great getting to know you. I totally agree on that "silent" negative stereotyping thing. I am really glad this story has gotten out, and G Tech is taking an action. Thank you for backing the international students' rights.
ReplyDeleteClair, I just read this. I have to believe this is illegal; a serious abuse of power!
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