Document Type

Blog Post

Publication Date

10-2014

Department 1

English

Abstract

I watched my 6-year-old hover around the periphery of the table, unable to find somewhere to sit. The cafeteria was a cacophony of little voices, Spanish and English, tumbling over each other, her classmates sitting close and waiting to be dismissed to homeroom.

I couldn’t help but notice how different Noelle looked from most of the children, with her liquid blond hair and saucerlike blue eyes. [excerpt]

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Original version is available from the publisher at: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/10/unwrapping-the-comfort-of-sameness-with-spanish-immersion-elementary-school/

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