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June 1 - 7, 2001
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Ordinance Mandates More Than Just EnglishBy Janet Ng “In the beginning, it took a lot of time explaining this, explaining that to them,” Sam Pun, a senior at San Francisco’s Galileo High School, said. “It was frustrating and hard.” Since Pun immigrated to San Francisco some six years ago, he has taken on the role of middleman — between his parents and the rest of America. His family relies on him for just about everything, from explaining what their landlord said to translating various forms and documents, some of them from the city government. His responsibilities are time-consuming to say the least. And for Pun’s parents, their loss of independence has been frustrating. |
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