I believed that her English reflected the quality of whatshe had to say That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect.
That's true, people are always determined the value of content, depending on the modification of the statement, as the same as people determine a person's value depending on her or his appearance; most people are always less patient with ugly person.
which could certainly be described as "watered down"; and what Iimagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language,and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted
This part touched me deeply. The author has a high understanding and respect for her mom. For people who don't use English as their first language, people often distort their meaning. It's very precise that someone has the patience to translate what they think carefully.
Why are there few Asian Americans enrolled in creative writing programs? Why do so manyChinese students go into engineering!
So true, I am a Chinese student and my major is ISE. During high school, there were almost only Chinese and Indian people in my POE, DE, math, and physical classes. Most of my friends chose the engineering major when we applied for college. I just found that solving math problems is much easier than reading a whole English article full of words I don't understand, and my interest in reading is not enough to overcoming my dyslexia, though I have liked reading before in Chinses.