Got told I look like a minor
Sep. 24th, 2009 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hani_backupby a lady while we were waiting for the bus at the public library.
The conversation started with her commenting at least it was a nice day to wait outside, though she should have worn a sweater like me. I was wearing my Pintsize hoodie. I commented I wore it because I was tutoring at the Christian School and had to be decent. Underneath I was wearing my rather tight, V-neck purple tank top so my cleavage, armpits and some of my belly (depending if I stretch and such) were showing. She asked me how old I was and I said I was 23 years. She was shocked and told me I looked much younger. I then jokingly begged, "Please tell me I look at least 20!" and she said I look 17 years old.
>_>
Then she said right now it doesn't seem like a compliment, but getting older usually makes women grateful to hear comments that they're younger than they really are. She said she knows when you're younger you want to look older. (I know these two statements are very general and there are exceptions and it's likely there are people on my friendslist who are exceptions to this stereotype.) She said when her daughter was 16, she could look 25 once she "got done" with her makeup. The lady and I both don't wear makeup. I commented I'm in too much a rush to get out of class to put on makeup and I scrub my hands over my face constantly. So true. Besides the general inexperience we both have. (She's in her 50's.) She also told me I was "beautiful." That was really sweet of her. :-)
So Matt apparently has a "beautiful" "17 years old" girlfriend. :-P And he's 22 years old, too.
There were no annoying people on the bus rides so that's a relief! Yay!
I made up a test for my tutee today. Fifteen questions for orders of operations. (Feel free to ask me for a copy of it! :-P) Two of the questions had negative answers. Apparently she has yet to learn about negative numbers. I don't remember exactly when I learned it, but it was before 7th grade. I used a visual number line to show her how to think of adding and subtracting numbers and that numbers "exist" beyond zero in the negative range. I tried to explain it in terms of bank accounts but, uhm, yeah... *blush* Bad example, Izzy!
Also, in psych class, I spoke up and mentioned how Western-centric the discussions were becoming. For example, there were no percentages of Asian teen mothers in this city during a presentation a classmate made. She got the information from a census website or something. It stated the Asian, Hispanic, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white overall population of this city, then other categories like poverty rates, or teen mother rates but nothing for Asians in the last two sections. Then we were talking about the "obesity epidemic" and factors causing it and what could be done to alleviate it. I said some of the solutions were cultural. In Malaysia, girls aren't really encouraged to play outside past a certain age even if males are. Also, "the obesity epidemic" is usually in developed countries, most of which are Western countries. In other countries, it's malnourishment or starvation affecting the population... I feel...more Asian when I'm in that class.
The conversation started with her commenting at least it was a nice day to wait outside, though she should have worn a sweater like me. I was wearing my Pintsize hoodie. I commented I wore it because I was tutoring at the Christian School and had to be decent. Underneath I was wearing my rather tight, V-neck purple tank top so my cleavage, armpits and some of my belly (depending if I stretch and such) were showing. She asked me how old I was and I said I was 23 years. She was shocked and told me I looked much younger. I then jokingly begged, "Please tell me I look at least 20!" and she said I look 17 years old.
>_>
Then she said right now it doesn't seem like a compliment, but getting older usually makes women grateful to hear comments that they're younger than they really are. She said she knows when you're younger you want to look older. (I know these two statements are very general and there are exceptions and it's likely there are people on my friendslist who are exceptions to this stereotype.) She said when her daughter was 16, she could look 25 once she "got done" with her makeup. The lady and I both don't wear makeup. I commented I'm in too much a rush to get out of class to put on makeup and I scrub my hands over my face constantly. So true. Besides the general inexperience we both have. (She's in her 50's.) She also told me I was "beautiful." That was really sweet of her. :-)
So Matt apparently has a "beautiful" "17 years old" girlfriend. :-P And he's 22 years old, too.
There were no annoying people on the bus rides so that's a relief! Yay!
I made up a test for my tutee today. Fifteen questions for orders of operations. (Feel free to ask me for a copy of it! :-P) Two of the questions had negative answers. Apparently she has yet to learn about negative numbers. I don't remember exactly when I learned it, but it was before 7th grade. I used a visual number line to show her how to think of adding and subtracting numbers and that numbers "exist" beyond zero in the negative range. I tried to explain it in terms of bank accounts but, uhm, yeah... *blush* Bad example, Izzy!
Also, in psych class, I spoke up and mentioned how Western-centric the discussions were becoming. For example, there were no percentages of Asian teen mothers in this city during a presentation a classmate made. She got the information from a census website or something. It stated the Asian, Hispanic, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white overall population of this city, then other categories like poverty rates, or teen mother rates but nothing for Asians in the last two sections. Then we were talking about the "obesity epidemic" and factors causing it and what could be done to alleviate it. I said some of the solutions were cultural. In Malaysia, girls aren't really encouraged to play outside past a certain age even if males are. Also, "the obesity epidemic" is usually in developed countries, most of which are Western countries. In other countries, it's malnourishment or starvation affecting the population... I feel...more Asian when I'm in that class.
