Me not Me-guk*.

Recently I have been becoming more and more irritated at the blind ignorance and general imposing aura of the new American teacher.

Im sure she's not a bad person but she does really piss me off and does nothing for British-American relations.
Her ignorance seems to know no bounds when it comes Britain especially.

She mistook a scouse accent for a Welsh one, not a tragedy I grant you but her finest hour was to come when, after being corrected that scousers actually come from Liverpool (England, if your not sure) she proudly proclaimed that she felt so stupid because she (The scouser) clearly had an almost Scottish accent!

She then added ignorance to stupidity by claiming that Ireland (She Said Eire with strange pronunciation) was part of the British Isles and that you spell it Isle-and. Something that I'm sure does not go down to well in Ireland

I don't condemn her for not knowing the difference between accents, cities and countries but I do condemn her confident and expert manner that usually seems unfounded.

Later that week , through a partition in our adjoining classrooms I heard her tell the kids that in Britain we add a 'U' to colour. While we do indeed have an 'extra' letter, it would seem logical to me that Americans took it away and not that we added it. This can be seen with the holiest of American documents, the declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson ( of Welsh descent) drafted the document and used the British spelling of Honour and although it was changed to the American spelling in the final draft it seems to be more of a pitiful swipe at Britain than a much needed example of spelling reform.

Finally, after being a bit annoyed most of the week I was called into the office for a chat with the Diretor**. She sat me down and proceeded to creep around me in an almost pathetic manner. Turned out some of the students from the TOEFL learning class had, how can I say, expressed concerns about the new teacher and really would like it if I came back. She could of demanded that we change classes but instead she tried to be diplomatic and appeal to my ego, it worked and I felt a small victory for what at times seems to be a massive minority here in British English speakers. We'll fight them on the beaches.....

*This is how you say America in Korean.

** This is how it appears on her door.