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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.[/quote]

Yes, the "warnings" are true, [i]I guess[/i]. It is a beautiful book in verse and a lot of students will connect with the immigrant experience and finding your talent. But you do you. Elizabeth Acevedo is a best selling author and poet - and she's local! If you can see her in person, she is a phenomenal speaker. [/quote]

As an immigrant I am tired of hearing about “immigrant experience” and feel bad for the kids who don’t have it.
What is there to analyze? Be grateful to the country, try to assimilate but feel free to keep any home customs in the privacy of your home.
My kid’s adversity was definitely not related to immigration.
Maybe because I am a cultured person and speak good English, and don’t insist on carrying all the backward stuff from my home country to the U.S.?[/quote]
Oh wow. You are that kind of immigrant. I’m an immigrant, speak English fluently and would argue neither have anything with being cultured.  You can still assimilate and have pride/keep customs of your old country.  Americans celebrate it.  Ever hear of the Irish parade?  Or even in this area, there are different days celebrating different countries and cultures? How about the Cherry Blossom Festival?  And there is backward stuff in every culture so not sure what you mean by that statement.[/quote]

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