A little girl in After School with Julia asked me, "What language do you speak?" I told her English. "Then why doesn't Julia speak English like me?"
"Because she only came home from China a short while ago."
"My mom speaks Hmong," the little girl said. "And I speak English."
"Yes," I answered. "But I bet you were born here. In America."
"Yeah?" She was not sure where I was going with this.
"You've lived here for at least 5 years --"
"Five and three quarters."
"When Julia lives here 5 and three quarters years, she'll sound just like you."
"Really?" She looked like she was ready for another question but then something spilled on the floor and there was a rush to wipe it up.
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