Between March and November, the museum and garden are open every day. are an interesting detour from a Parisian vacation. Situated in the small Norman town of Giverny, Claude Monet’s house and famous garden, complete with water lilies and the Japanese bridge. They just learned the basics, so they could use it to defend themselves if they needed to. They knew by coming here they would have to work hard and it meant not making enough time to learn proper English. Not for them, no, but for their family, for you and your siblings (if you have some). Remember they came to this país for a better future.

To you, their broken English should be a reminder of their resistance. They began to work and are still working hard so one day you can go to college.

They did not have time to learn perfect English. Your mommy, daddy, tios and tias left their country for one goal: to have a better life for their kids. However, instead of feeling ashamed, making fun of them or letting people make fun of the way your parents pronounce English words, you should feel proud. The pronunciations of their words sound a lot different than the way you and the rest of the people whose first language is English pronounces the words. You had nothing to compare it with – OK, maybe you compared it to yours and maybe yes, your English was different than theirs. You probably did not realize your parents speak 'broken English' because in your ears, it is the sound of perfection.

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