When I was in Chinese school back in the day, we were learning about Mongolia and its people. The teacher was going on to describe what Mongolians generally looked like when I piped up that my dad was half Mongolian.
The teacher excitedly dragged me by the arm up to the front of the classroom and pointed out the features of my face.
“See, class? This is what a Mongolian looks like. Small eyes and round face! Now are we lucky to have a Mongolian student in this classroom!”
She looked pretty proud of herself when she sent me back to my seat so I didn’t bother telling her that it is actually my stepdad who is half Mongolian.
