Block D: Part 3 by https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546 Part 3 quotes, anecdotes, symbols, images en-us 2016-11-28 17:23:34 UTC 2026-01-23 01:11:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140820038 "At age 16, Monique was starting high school with the academic skill of a 
pre-kindergartner" ]]> 2016-11-30 14:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140820038 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140821360 Many things she had to adjust to ( language, getting home from school, even holding a pen.)]]> 2016-11-30 14:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140821360 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140823531 "The teachers had to somehow compress 8 years of education into one." ]]> 2016-11-30 14:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140823531 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140824090 "She said later that she had wandered the streets, and was so scared she never even felt hungry. She believed she would never find her home, or see her family again."]]> 2016-11-30 14:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140824090 "When no one would sit next to Monique in class, Harris talked to her — and handed her a stick of deodorant. Harris had done this before for many of Patterson's immigrants, including some who misunderstood and applied the deodorant to their clothing." https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140824741 2016-11-30 14:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140824741 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140825247 "While some immigrant girls picked up on social cues — quickly learning to fit in by dressing in American clothes and curling their hair — Monique seemed slow to change."]]> 2016-11-30 14:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140825247 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140825725 "Twenty-four different languages were spoken on the third floor."]]> 2016-11-30 14:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140825725 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140826794 In the end she was able to walk the hallways with confidence and she even sat with people at lunch]]> 2016-11-30 14:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140826794 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140826826 "Being so silent in class is not uncommon for immigrant children. 'You find this in children who have been traumatized or who have had severe interruptions in their schooling. There are some students who are selectively mute for years...'"]]> 2016-11-30 14:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140826826 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140827254 Teachers and others thought she might have a learning difference because she was so slow but really she was just experiencing cultural shock ]]> 2016-11-30 15:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140827254 https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140827657 She turned out to win the most improved award at the end of the school year ]]> 2016-11-30 15:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140827657 Pns https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140827707 2016-11-30 15:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dbiel/i6mx8s70l546/wish/140827707