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Childhood

            My parents immigrated to the United States from Mexico to flee the ravages of poverty. They did not have a single penny when they came to the U.S. As I was growing up I remember my parents telling me how they would silently endure the rudeness of waiters and salespeople because they did not speak grammatically correct English and realizing how much illiteracy paralyzes a person. In today's world a level of education is required to obtain position in almost any subdivision of employment.
             I am the third youngest of eight children. My fathers extreme hardship takes him to read very little English. He attended school only to the third or fourth grade. He is the oldest of males in his family so he had to start working at a very young age to help my grandparents support the rest of the younger children. My mother, on the other hand, is completely illiterate not having attended any type of schooling what-so-ever. Due to my family's financial status none of my older five siblings were able to complete a college education. I remember having to do seasonal work: picking cherries, apples, and pears merely to buy the school material that was necessary. As a young girl I wished I could have had the packs of crayons that contained every color in the book; the pretty colorful pens and pencils that all the other kids had but the little amount of money available did not allow full satisfaction. I had to stick with the yellow #2 pencils, black and blue ink pens, and the eight colored packs of crayons. I remember having to wear the same outfit for two days in a row because it was disturbing to see my mothers hands bleed at the end of the day because she hand washed all of our clothes. Sometimes I was even ridiculed for wearing the same clothes for those two days. I tried not to let it effect me but I can't remember not having told myself if only my parents had more money I would fit in. I didn't appreciate being treated that way.


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