Richar Alvarez Analysis

Mrs. Alvarez was raised in Dominican Republic, where the mother tongue is Spanish, but soon, she got enrolled in a (probably private) school, where she also learned English. Even though the learning of a new language is better at early ages, it certainly has consequences in us. Julia started mixing words in both languages (what we call Spanglish), but not only in her informal conversations with friends and family, but in school, what gave her problems with her professor. She also found herself talking in English with his grandfather, who apparently did not speak the language. Besides the linguistic problems, bilingualism might make us think twice what we say, specially when we are in an environment where two or more languages are spoken. In my opinion, this should not affect your identity, since we should know where we belong and what we are, but this is an answer that only Julia knows.
Richard Rodriguez's interview is great as well.
I completely agree with his point of view about public and private language. When we speak in public, it has to be in a polite and formal manner, because we are addressing to individuals that might different believes, ideas and opinions, so respect has to dominate. With our families we have more intimacy and confidence, so a more informal way of talking is allow to be used. I also think that mother tongues for immigrants are very important, since they are the only piece of their country and idiosyncrasy that they kept after leaving. I do not like seeing it as an escape, but as a good and valuable memory, and the best way to communicate with our families, since language also shapes, in a indirect way, our personalities and thoughts, so basically we are also the result of our
language.