"Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public"

I liked to read Myriam Marquez's article because in her article there were many points where I was thinking in the same way as she. For me it was easy to relate to the text because I also recognize myself as a bilingual. I felt like I am nearly in the same situation as an author. That's why I liked the text so lot.

Question 1.

Marquez explains the reason why they haven't adopted english as their official family language because she thinks it is the matter of respect for her parents and comfort in her cultural roots. So she thinks it's good to maintain spanish in their official family language between the family. It also much more comfort to speak spanish between her family and it is more natural for them.
If I were standing next to these three people and they were speaking in Spanish, I would feel little lonely there. Especially if those three people were your friends, then it would be rude. I wouldn't mind at all if I didn't know them and they were speaking in Spanish because it's their option to choose what language they are speaking. If you don't know those three people that doesn't even belong to you what they are talking about.

Question 2.

I suppose U.S. government has seen diversity in the U.S. and they think it is very important for the country itself to have it. So if there was an official language it could be much more difficult for people from different country to come to the U.S. if they cannot speak their own language. Especially if there are families whose origin is for example in Finland so it is lot easier for the family to speak Finnish to each other. Also it is much more comfort and they are maintaining their culture. Of course if there are one or more people in the house who don't understand the language then it is rude to speak their own language. I think there is no need for such legislation now because then the U.S. would lose their diversity.

In my opinion the writing feature what makes that piece of writing so powerful is that Myriam has lot of experience about situation. She also has lot of knowledge about it and she wants to make it clear for readers what she thinks. So everyone could understand her thoughts.

This type of genre really makes you think how is life from different view.