<p>I’ve never had a problem with accents from my professors, and I’ve had teachers from Thailand, Turkey, Brazil, China, India, Russia, England, Poland, Cambodia, South Africa and the US. But I’ve also been exposed to accents before. Somebody who has never encountered an Indian accent before might have trouble, but it’s not impossible, and it’s a handy skill to learn (the ability to understand foreign accents). And even if there were some difficulties in understanding, they were willing to repeat and reword their statements as many times as possible, though they might ask you to go to office hours (which is perfectly acceptable). If you can’t understand them even after repetition, ask them to write it down. </p>
<p>I’ve honestly never met a Chinese with unacceptable or un-intelligible english. </p>
<p>Honestly, blaming an accent is usually just not bothering with meeting the professor halfway in their efforts, or not working hard enough to learn the concepts of the material yourself… College is not about spoon-feeding pre-digested information to students after all.</p>