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An excerpt from Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Auto Biography tells the story of a boy named Rodriguez who was forcibly required to aspire to English language and forget about his Spanish past. When Rodriguez began going to a Roman Catholic grade school in California with his two siblings, he only knew a handful of English words. He was quiet and could not pay attention in class since he wasn't comfortable with his English capabilities. He barely ever spoke out in class which slowed down his learning compared to the rest of his classmates. After a while, nuns from his Roman Catholic school visited his home and warned the parents they should begin talking more English then eventually strictly English in their household.
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