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Gavin

Throughout high school I worked at a fast food restaurant. A lot of the people who I worked with were Mexican. They were all really nice people and most of them spoke English and had been living here for about 10 years. One guy, who was about 30, had lived here close to 10 years and he was one of the smartest guys. We talked about classical music and he had better vocabulary than half the Americans I know. I asked him if he’d ever thought of becoming a teacher. He said to me “No papers.” That really hit home and made me think about how fortunate I am and how I am really glad I’m not in that position. A person does not get to fulfill what he is good at because he does not have papers. I know it’s a controversial issue, but I really feel like people who are here from Mexico and other places are hardworking, decent people and we should really be given a chance.

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