This situation has happened more then once. Once in Middle School and once in High School. In Middle School this took place toward the end of 8th Grade year. We were in science class sitting at grey long styled tables, …
Category: Unit 1
Saved – Chris
I have never been the type of person to do well with my education. The time I had the worst grades and most obstacles faced would be during elementary school. In elementary school I had the worst grades, the worst …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR – Valon Suma
” She said they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make another appointment for that. So she said she would not leave until the doctor called her daughter. She wouldn’t …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR – Manuel
Part 1:
“Some say they understand none of it, as if she were speaking pure Chinese. But to me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It’s my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR – Alexis Rodriguez
“Mothers Tongue”
“It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”” This has significance in the “Mother’s Tongue” as even though the author is enthusiastic about english, it shows a level …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR – Edwin
part 1:
Mother Tongue paragraph 8:
“I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR -Odalys
Part 1: Mother Tongue
“But to me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It’s my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR – AJ
Part 1 – Mother Tongue
“Lately, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have
described it to people as ‘broken” or “fractured” English. But I wince when I say that. It …
Mother Tongue and When I was PR – Jonathan
“I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to …
Mothers Tongue-When I was a PR- Jason
A quote from Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” is: “I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.” This quote emphasizes the internalized shame and discrimination that can result from …
