Stereotypes

Someday I want to sit down and write a list of all the funny and weird stereotypes I come across in our cultures.  It would include things like, elementary school teachers seem to throw the word "manipulatives" in as many special education discussions as possible.  And things like, please don't let the jock-looking person in the conference room say anything, because he's just going to mumble a bunch of baseball-related idioms
that don't contribute anything to the meeting anyway, even in English.  And things like, doctors say "Mmm-hmm" and start poking at their patients' ears and tongues before they even hear the translation of what the patient just said.  And things like, Mexicans seem much more concerned if their child is "behaving well" in school than whether they're flunking math.  And things like, Americans get nervous and start talking about rescheduling an appointment if the client hasn't arrived two minutes prior to the appointment time, whereas Hispanics aren't phased in the least if they arrive 15 minutes late and usually don't offer any explanation for their tardiness.

But, alas, real life (laundry and vacuuming) is calling my name, so my list will have to wait.