Quotes from Aria
Page 34 (Paragraph 2) - “But I would have delayed – for how long postponed? - having to learn the language of public society.”
- Although Richard would have felt better about being address in Spanish, it would not have made learning English a priority and he would have been far worse off if he delayed the “public society’s” language of English.
Page 36 (Paragraph 4) – “No longer so close; no longer bound tight by the pleasing and troubling knowledge of our public separateness.”
- The public language of society that are taught in schools can separate children from their parents because they no longer can relate to each other. The very foundation that makes a family work, communication, is lost and so is the bond, the trust, and the sense of family.
Page 38 (Last paragraph) – “Today I hear bilingual educators say that children lose a degree of “individuality” by becoming assimilated into public society.”
-Assimilating into public society does make a person lose a sense of self ,especially if one is accustom to a certain way of life, there everyday life is a constant struggle to “get it right” in order to fit in and be accepted
Comments - With the article “Aria” I found it to be very true. There are many families where parents and grandparents speak a language other than English. Children are often left out or feel unaccepted due to many difficulties in school and in public society. Language is not the only thing lost in these families, so are their customs, their history, and their culture. These are significant loses to children and their families.
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