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Accused of Discrimination....

Hello There,

Well this girl I have known for a while accused me of discriminating...

She asked me about kids...

So i said that I would love my son/daughter to do Economics or Engineering at Cambridge...

and she goes you shouldnt say that because there are other subjects which are good like media and international relations.

So i said that I have a higher respect for people who do Maths, engineering, economics because the courses are much more rigorous and harder..

So she got really upset and blocked me on MSN.

Am I in the wrong here? I just have a preference for those subjects over media/international relations, is this discriminating?

Any comments welcomed.

Reply 1

Mr.God

7

It's preference more than discrimination.

Personally I have a little more respect for people who do literature, media etc. related courses because it requires more imagination and creativity, but I don't get upset to hear the opposite.

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

OP

Yes, I agree its a preference...but is it something you would get upset about if I said something on the contrary? I respect your opinion, but I told her that because Im an Asian and my family comes from an accountancy/business background...I have a higher respect for maths, physics, finance, etc. She got upset and blocked me...I mean with all due respect, at least she should have continued with the discussion without getting all angry and upset?

Reply 3

Mr.God

7

Yeah, she overreacted.

Reply 4

Tractor-girlie

No not discriminating, its just what you prefer. I regard Maths subjects as more challenging than others like the arts.

Reply 5

IndianDiva

She's probably narrow minded and don't like people having a different opinions to her. Ignore it.

Reply 6

Angelharpist

13

You're entitled to your own opinion, and if she can't handle that then she's not very open minded or mature.

She's also probably taking Media at Uni :tongue:

Reply 7

gas_panic!

12

Wow, what a conversation, and what an overreaction.

Reply 8

The_Bear

13

If you dont have more than 15 hours of lectures a week then your course is a joke.

End of.

I am the discriminator.

Reply 9

Mangaroo

12

lol...seriously your friend sucks *btw imp rocks camb 4 engineer*

Reply 10

Ron Stoppable

14

Anonymous

Hello There,

Well this girl I have known for a while accused me of discriminating...

She asked me about kids...

So i said that I would love my son/daughter to do Economics or Engineering at Cambridge...

and she goes you shouldnt say that because there are other subjects which are good like media and international relations.

So i said that I have a higher respect for people who do Maths, engineering, economics because the courses are much more rigorous and harder..

So she got really upset and blocked me on MSN.

Good! She's taken the hard work out of your job screening weirdos out of your life.

Be meeting plenty of new people regularly and she'll soon be gone from your mind as well. :wink:

Reply 11

lolly83

Yeah but for maths it's doesn't seem to matter if your illiterate, do you ever see maths students in the library?
No,they have to be told everything in lectures.
(not trying to be offensive but just coz I don't sit in lectures for 15 hours doesn't mean I don't work hard)

Any how...
she's probably being hormonal, post her chocolate. :biggrin:

Reply 12

sisalto

Tell her to take a chill pill.

Reply 13

Tractor-girlie

lolly83

Yeah but for maths it's doesn't seem to matter if your illiterate, do you ever see maths students in the library?
No,they have to be told everything in lectures.
(not trying to be offensive but just coz I don't sit in lectures for 15 hours doesn't mean I don't work hard)

I do maths and spend hours in the library and illiterate mmmm you should try doing some of my 32 page essays.

Reply 14

lolly83

I didn't mean it, was responding to something posted earlier. as I made clear.

Reply 15

RocketMan

Good God! The porblems people have! I wish I had your problem.

You can hardly call it discrimination, call it.... well..... errrrrmmm...... a waste of time. So she has blocked you, big deal....

I say move on.

Reply 16

MissHero

1

Wow! I'd have blocked her for having regard for those who don't do Economics or Engineering at Cambridge! That said, I wouldn't have blocked you, I'd have just thought you were a bit narrow minded.

I hope when you actually have kids you realise that it's more important that they are happy than what or where they study. :rolleyes:

Reply 17

Sorani

16

I do agree with others that she overreacted, I would've been a bit ticked that it sounded like you were insulting what I wanted to do but I'd have more likely just told you to stop being narrow-minded rather than blocking you. I wouldn't have gone in a complete strop over it.

Reply 18

Profesh

20

Anonymous

Hello There,

Well this girl I have known for a while accused me of discriminating...

She asked me about kids...

So i said that I would love my son/daughter to do Economics or Engineering at Cambridge...

and she goes you shouldnt say that because there are other subjects which are good like media and international relations.

So i said that I have a higher respect for people who do Maths, engineering, economics because the courses are much more rigorous and harder..

So she got really upset and blocked me on MSN.

Am I in the wrong here? I just have a preference for those subjects over media/international relations, is this discriminating?

Any comments welcomed.

She's obviously a cretin.

Reply 19

BlackHawk

17

She obviously wasn't good enough to get into Engineering or Economics at Cambridge.

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