Date:  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 10:13:05 EST

From:  SHELLEY N HALL <snhall01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU>

Subject: Language and Intelligence



I can relate to your situation. I, too, know how it feels to have people

regard you as intellectually deprived. I moved to California from

Kentucky for close to a year, and almost everyone that I came into contact with

assumed that my heritage was a disadvantage to me. Most people who were

natives of the state believed that, in Kentucky, we did not attend high school

and especially not college. This was not the only sterotypical ideas that I

encountered. My point is, people should not judge you by things such as your

accent. It was amusing to see their expressions when they heard I was a

junior in college. It was as if they did not believe me. I guess they watch

too many talk shows.



shelley

snhall01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]morehead-st.edu