Tan also reflects on how her broken English that she shares with her mother is her mother tongue, and how this broken English has shaped who she is Today. I can relate to Tan's feelings because my grandmother, of Puerto Rican descent, has her own "mother tongue" since she always speaks in broken English. After my mother died when I was three, my grandmother moved in to help raise my sisters and me when we were very young. My grandmother used the same broken English as Tan's mother and my feelings towards her mirrored Tan's from a young age. I remember that because my father worked during the day, my grandmother had to attend parent-teacher conferences in his place. Since I was still too young, my grandmother dragged me away and made me wait outside. We had waited in line for about two hours before finally being called for my lecture. After a few minutes, one of my teachers comes out of the class and asks me if I know Spanish, to which I answer no. As the teacher comes back into the room, I hear a resounding "Ma'am, we have to reschedule...there are other parents waiting and we can't understand you, and we're pretty sure you