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A Chameleon Research Paper

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I’m a chameleon, well not really, but we do share a similar trait: we adapt to our surroundings. In fourth grade I moved from Southern California to a tiny town in Northern Indiana. California was my home; all of my extended family that does not live in Mexico lives here. As I began fourth grade in this new town of about 1,500 I stood out like a highlighter. Not because I was new, but because I was one of the few minorities at that school (and town). On career day, as my classmates’ parents filed into class, I had to explain to my teacher that mine could not make it as their job does not allow it. I remember one student’s father in particular, not his name, not his career, but our short exchange. When he found out I was Mexican, he asked me
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