In the beginning Amy shows her daily life and what she loves. Starting with the sentence, "I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinion…." is just to illustrate an image about herself and what is she is thinking about. The experience she had and the way she grew up made her re-think about how her mother talks. She felt there was something missing or needed to be corrected.
Then, Amy sees that her mother English is perfect while her friends and others seemed to find difficulties to understand her mother’s English. Feeling ashamed about her mother's limited English made me think and remember about my childhood when I could not speak English very well. Also, I remembered my teacher when he used to say, " if you faced a wall, go around it to continue you way".
When Amy saw her mother’s achievements, many questions were asked. Comparing Chinese people's English and math grades made Amy challenge the people who thought that the Chinese or any other foreigners who don't speak English very well can't take English as a major in college.
Thinking that the people who speak English at homes would have some effects on their exams might be true, but it is actually depends on the structures, pronunciation, and many other English skills.
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