YourhandMyAss -> RE: Why aren't there stricter protocals in place about foreigners speaking the native launguage bett (12/11/2008 9:25:18 PM)
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Calif, I am in the process of finishing Highschool through the adult ed program in my town. And I will take the exit exams, once I finish the missing credits I need in english* now working on it* And math* which is the last subject* If Ip ass the exit exams , then I'll get my diploma and graduate the following year, since graduations are always held in June. There's a lot of preperation, that goes into the exit exams normally, but take into consideration my math skills are about second grade level, and well no pun intended, we have our work cut out for us, my teacher and I. I am greatful to her, she treated my grandma and she's now my doctor, and I didn'r mean to sound ungreatful. She's a wonderful woman and she's concerned about her patience too. When I fell in the road and then later came in with my wrist all screwed up and my ankle screwed up, she jumped at x rays right away, She was very concerned I'd broken something.quote:
ORIGINAL: CalifChick Since you are now 26 years old, and you dropped out of school when you were 20, and had not finished high school (and for our non-American readers, the typical age that kids finish high school is 17 or 18), it would be to your advantage to concentrate on finishing enough classes to take the high school exit exam. At that time, you can meet with a career counselor at the junior college and discuss viable options for your future. In the meantime, perhaps a little gratitude is in order to a doctor that treats you well, even if she does not know every word in the english language. Also, it would go a long way towards doctor-patient relations if you were pick up a paperback translation dictionary, a combination of english and whatever language your doctor speaks. That way, you can look up an English word and point to it, and she can read the corresponding word in her language. Cali (I cannot attribute to malice what can be reasonably attributed to... something else)
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