PRIMARY 4
A Foreign Accent
Ying moved to the U.S. when she was 15 years old. She was born in China, and had a Chinese accent when she spoke. She didn’t like her accent, because it made her sound funny, and people sometimes couldn’t understand what she said. Ying also knew that people made fun of her accent. Ying’s history teacher made everyone go up in front of the class and recite a part of the Constitution of the United States. Ying didn’t want to do it. She asked her teacher if she could record herself and send it to him. The teacher said no because that would be unfair to ST. GABRIEL’S COLLEGE
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