Day 138 OT - An actual conversation during Danish class

Teacher : Collin, have you been practicing your Danish "R"?

Collin : Yes, but I am terrible at it. When I try to do it, I sound like Frankenstein. RRRRRRRR.

Teacher : Yes, that is quite ugly. Collin, "hvor kommer du fra?" (where do you come from?)

Collin : Jeg kommer fra USA. (I come from the USA)

Teacher : Hvad byen kommer du fra? (What city do you come from?)

Collin : Boston.

Teacher (to James, another American) : James, hvor kommer du fra?

James : Jeg kommer fra Louisiana.

Teacher : Can I hear your Danish "R"

James : (says danish word with a Danish "R" in it)

Teacher : That's great. I don't know why you can do this so easily but Collin cannot do it.

Collin : (dumbstruck / I can't believe people can be this horrible / rude / non-self-aware face)

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This, in a nutshell, is why I hate hate hate this class. I was very close to walking out at the break. If I had a microphone, it would have been dropped yesterday. Possibly with expletives. I considered dropping the workbook on the floor, but I am neither spontaneous nor theatrical.

This is also, in a nutshell, a summary of the microcosm of the - insert other redundant word here - that is / are the growing number of innumerable things I hate about living here.

This is why many Danes - and without a doubt not all of them - are among the rudest people I have ever met. Anywhere. I lived in freaking Boston for six years! I've flown through ORD dozens of times! It's amazing.