grabbing her
arm and scolding her. She pulled Lupe
along to the principal’s office. There, the
teacher and the principal both shouted
at her, obviously very angry. Lupe was
frightened and embarrassed, but also
bewildered. She didn’t understand a
word they were saying.
“Why were they so angry? I don’t
know,” said Lupe. “Was it because I
spoke Spanish at school? Or that I spoke
to the man at all? I really don’t know. All
I know is how humiliated I was.”