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Old 03-18-2009, 12:39 PM   #8
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Whining, pure and simple. It doesn't say it in the article, but she seems to indicate that she's actually american and it is her mother that is from Laos. If this kid grew up in america and spoke english 90% of the time she's out of the house but spoke whatever language Laotian people speak with her mother, then she's arguing semantics by refusing to take the test.

This garbage about not wanting to deny her heritage and insult her mother is code for "I'm a potato. Brown on the outside and white on the inside. I'm just checking the ESL box because I have a complex about it".
Yup. I always check English as my first language even though I speak other languages.
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