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Gloria Anzalduasaid how she felt ashamed of her existence, because she was a Chicano Texas Spanish, Tex-Mex. Her teachers would correct her speech and punish her if she was caught speaking in Spanish. But my question is why? Why would you punish someone for speaking in their own language? How else are they going to learn English if they are not able to ask questions in their own language? I believe teachers should understand the struggles a non English student will already face from not knowing English. It should be the teaches priority to find ways to help teach the students English. If a student is always told that they are wrong and they should do something the teachers way how is this going to teach the student? If the student is having trouble its the teachers job to find out how to teach the student so they can learn and understand. A teacher should never make a student feel English is superior over Spanish, because that is wrong! If your in Germany the Germans will feel their language is superior then English which would be the same for any country you are in. The country language will always be the most common language, but  that does not make it right to talk down or mistreat a person who speaks a different language. When all is said and done we are all humans and no matter what back ground you come from we are all equal.

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