By learning English, Richard lost his connection with his family and his heritage by losing the way of speaking Spanish, the language of his family, in learning English. He writes “My mother! My father! After English became my primary language, I didn't know what words to use to address my parents. The old Spanish words (those tender sounding accents) that I had used before – mamá and papá – I could no longer use them” (32). I believe that learning English in the wrong form of bilingual education will also make you lose sense of your other language. I know this because it happened to me. I was born in Kenya although I was Somali, I knew Swahili when I arrived here, and in 5 years I forgot everything I knew, in those same five years I spoke English better. In an appropriate context, although this would not have happened, because the evidence has shown that this involves making you more fluent in your own language, because that is how you will transition to