The TED Talk is an overview of the universal experience of children of immigrants assimilating into American culture, and inadvertently losing proficiency in their parent's native language. This topic was inspired by Allyson's own personal experience with language loss, and its effect on my personal identity, as well as on the family dynamics at home. In discussing this topic, she aims to spread awareness of the psychology of this experience, and to emphasize the importance of acknowledging the effects of o ...

This is what my French teacher said to us one morning. For those who don't understand what this means, which it took me a hot second to realize, even though I've been taking French for years, it translates to what defines our identity. She talked about how this is going to be the new new unit we'd be studying.And like most units, I thought it would only last for a month or two and then it exceeded for well over four times that. Throughout this unit, we learned for 65 minutes three times a week and having te ...