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In reply to the discussion: Why American Kids Are Brats [View all]Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)His father was the governor of one of the Brazilian states, forget which ones.
Hoo, boy, did he ever get a rough education about equality when he was here.
His first big shock was, yes, he *did* have to wait in the lunch line at the cafeteria to get his lunch, just like everybody else, and *no*, just because he didn't get to go to the front of the line and went and sat down instead, the cafeteria workers weren't going to come over and wait on him personally.
After a little bit of culture shock, and no one giving two shits either how important his Daddy and family was back home, he actually fit in pretty good after a few weeks.
Later on in the school year, in the lunchroom, one of us would pretend to be the Maitre D' and escort him to his table with much fanfare, and another would put a towel over their arm and pretend to be his personal waiter.
Would get lots of laughs, a red face from him, but he'd laugh about it, too.
He was a good sport about it.
One hell of a tennis player.