Opinion: When I chose Cesar Chavez as my American hero, my teacher said he wasn't American [Opinion]
is co-founder of the San Diego County Cesar E. Chavez Commemorative Committee and is the senior director of binational affairs and community relations for Southwest Strategies. He lives in Chula Vista.
I realized at the time that my heroes were not Thomas Jefferson or George Washington, but my hardworking parents. Yet no one had written anything about them, so how could I? There were no books about their sacrifices.
As I started moving back towards her desk, every student looked at me. Silently, I handed her my paper. Standing and looking down on me, she pointed out how inherently flawed my paper was, including that I did not use a computer. Pausing and taking a sip of coffee, she said, “You obviously misunderstood the assignment. I specifically asked you to write on an American hero, not a Mexican hero.”
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