My first time with an ON LINE ARABIC TUTOR *had to finish it within the 30 min that we had started*
Hey everyone it´s been a looong time!?
So, I booked a tutor online (I tried a different platform - sorry iTalki) .... I booked a class with an arabic tutor ... let me describe her:
in her description she said she was a french and arabic teacher... and teacher of quaram ...
She was wearing a black burka (like in the pic below)
I WANT TO REMARK that I have nothing against their religion, actually I booked her because I was curious to know about her culture.
I tought we would get to know each other you know like... bonjour!, comment allez vous, vous vous appelez comment? what do you do for a living ... you know things like that..
HOWEVER.... things got very weird ...
she said bonjour and showed me a very very beginner book when we had already talked that I wanted to practice french level B2 .... she started to teach me the alphabet and the numbers .... and I was like ??? and I told her mmm I want to practice speaking and writing, she ignored me and continue to read the words and wanted me to repeat them...
then she paused the video like 5 min, and she said sorry it was my husband ,so I asked her oh! vous etes mariee? I was hpoing to start a REAL conversation with her .. but she continued to say the words and wanted me to repeat...
then her son started to cry and she grabbed him and put him under her black dress to feed him (I'm not complaining about that but the fact that the kid was making a hella noise because he was like crying
and she insisted on repeating the basic vocabulary and wanted me to repeat the words... I couldnt understand anything because she was spekaing to her son in arabic and at the same time she was telling me the words in french and the kid was crying ...
I got tired and cut off the call (not sure if that is the right expression, I mean I closed the window ) I messaged her and told her I AM SORRY I CANNOT CONTINUE I HAVE TO GO, she said OK.
I really wanted to know about her culture and the way they live in her country :'( I had high expectations... I even considered to ask her to teach me arabic .. but I am very disapointed
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if you want to know about Arabic culture just talk to arab on Italki :))) there are many ,
and Ive never booked any tutor here cause I dont trust internet things
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Impresionante lo que nos cuentas, creo que raya la mala educación junto con la falta de empatía hacia lo que tu necesitabas en ese momento y le estabas pidiendo, no doy crédito. Lo del burka, excesivo, y la conversación inexistente. Vamos que no creo que tenga muchos alumnos.
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I just want to say, what a disaster. Considering your description, I probably wouldn't last 10 minutes. And the thing with the son - beyond unprofessional. I'm sorry you had to go through that.
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