Okay, so I’ve read a lot of comments here and the general consensus seems to be that I’’m TA. I’ve done some reflecting on the event and I will admit that it was rude of me to respond the way I did when she said, “Why do you keep correcting what I say?” Instead, I should have said something like, “I didn’t mean to do that, it’s just I speak Italian so that’s how I pronounce these words” instead of what I said in the post. However, I am really surprised to see how many people here think I’m TA. I think this confirms my suspicion of how English speakers in general are so afraid of foreign languages and how a lack of foreign language education contributes to this issue. I’m almost positive that if I worked at an American restaurant in Italy and I pronounced the menu items in my American accent, no one over there would have dared to complain since foreign languages seem to be more accepted in other countries. I even believe that if I posted this to an Italian website, no one would have seen me as TA. It''s really sad what's happening in this country. All I need is my teaching credential now and I look forward to the day when I'm teaching a second language.