Cultural Awareness: Climbing the Academic Ladder
First generation born American, Jane Le Skaife and her husband
married in Vietnam years after meeting in college. Courtesy photo.
By Jane Le Skaife
Nguoi Viet 2
People are usually perplexed to learn that I spent the first five years of my schooling as an English as a Second Language (ESL) student, especially considering I was born here and I can speak English confidently without an accent. Their bewilderment soon turns into understanding when I explain that my parents were refugees from Vietnam, and Vietnamese was the only language spoken in our household.
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