When I Was Puerto Rican

Why do you think vaccination was such a new concept to Esmeralda?

How does Ignacio’s adoption of his father’s philosophies contrast with Esmeralda’s?

Do you think Puerto Ricans still talk the way the people in the story do, using so much Spanglish? Why or why not?

Why do you think Ignacio refused to cry when he was vaccinated?

Do you think the term gringo still has the same negative connotation it used to? Why or why not?

Do you think that Puerto Rico’s political situation has created a resistance to English? Why or why not?

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There had never been a school nurse at Macún Elementary School and vaccinations had never been a part of Esmeralda's experience.

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