re: Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity.

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My mom told me they would get in trouble speaking French at school. She was also left handed but some teachers insisted she write right handed. Ignorant shite

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I’m pretty sure all of the folks my grandparent’s generation had horror stories from school forcing English. My grandfather told a story of having an accident in his pants in the front of class because he couldn’t properly ask to go in English and the teacher refused to let him go. Seems somewhat minor but that was typical of their day-to-day existence. Fairly scaring for young kids to be chastised and admonished constantly, especially publicly. Treated as inferior.