Illiteracy can be defined as the inability to read and write. ... How can we handle this social problem for the America's future? ... Finally, the illiteracy comes from parents who are unable to read and write. ... Consequently, if we are illiterate, how do we feel? ... How can we associate with students into shaping them better for their lives? ...
Ed Vega writes that it is "Spanish Roulette," the somewhat futile desire to accept the duality of living two cultures. ... He thinks to himself, "It was if he had been programmed early on for the task now facing him" (571). ... He speaks passionately of his new country and how "Although she feeds me bread of bitterness/And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth" (1-2) she is his mother who nurtures him. ... Myenne Ng writes about a Chinese family and their struggle with duality. ... I know how hard it is to go" (413). ...
