victim of biggot school

sanchy · May 20, 2006

i dont want to give specific details about my school (you know out of respect for my own privacy) Yes its a technical school and yes its very different from ontario, and yes it is called college here maybe in ontario its called something else,and yes it's much less expensive...thats all i can say.Anyway thannks for the feedback, the point here is not whether its a college or not or where my school is thats beside the point, or how good my english is, i just wanted to check if some of you had a similar experience and now i see that some of you do..thats ALL, so thank you for the feedback. END of message.

PS. Yes communication is very important in nursing thats obvious, which is why if you dont understand sth, you clarify w the person instead of attacking them or judging them because we are all human and your own writing is not perfect. Once again this issue has NOTHING to do with my writing as i dont write my exams in english and no they are not corrected by computers, anyway once again thx for the feedback, and yes the injustice come from students sucking up to teachers and getting excellent grades, while those who dont suck up end up with bad grades even if you studied like crazy, and its even worse if you are a visible minority, sounds crazy huh.thx so much and END of msg cuz im tired of this perfectionist grammar stuff which has nothing to do with the situation at my school cuz i write in my native language.now i think this was a good excercise for you in cross cultural communication with someone who speaks english as a second language and maybe you can learn to have more patience, you can practice this with your patients too. ok BYE

Gaelic · May 20, 2006

I'm sorry you are experiencing this and that you feel the way you do.

In my own RPN class, I'm a white female and I am the visible minority! I will be graduating with people of all colours, nationalities, physical attributes, religions and both sexes. I have never seen an example of any discrimination towards any of us...I guess I'm lucky. In the particular group I hang out with, we include my red-headed self, my best friend who is tall and blonde, a girl who is significantly overweight, a girl who is Portuguese, One Italian, one Phillipino male, a Jew and one Muslim; who wears the corresponding clothing (head to toe - I see her face and that's it). We joke, go out for lunch, study together. The only time it's ever made a difference is clothes shopping - the girl who is muslim bought great shoes, since we do see her feet - and food restrictions. It's the United Nations of Nursing School and I like it that way. In fact, to type this out I had to think about our nationalities and differences - it just never occured to me. Mind you, I'm in Toronto, where multi-culturalism and tolerance is a very big deal.

Yes, it is appropriate to seek clarification from the person trying to do the communicating when in doubt - but a big part of nursing school is being able to document without readers having to seek clarification of what you wrote. Not to be picky, but it really is important. What if you write something, leave after your shift, and the oncoming shift has no way to clarify?

As you say however English is not your first language so it should not a problem as long as you can communicate effectively in your own language.

As for your privacy - I would never ever expect you to divulge any personal information on the web. I was just trying to clarify, as the only other language any government-run school in Canada would offer classes in would be French You told us that if we didn't believe you, to look up tuition for Canadian Technical Colleges. I did, and can't find anything, because most do not (actually, I couldn't find a single one that did) offer nursing classes.

I'm just curious though - is it your RN you are going to school for, or your RPN?? Answering this question does not give any personal info away, really.