Chinese People

Joel has picked up on the fact that people from different countries speak different languages. He hears me talk about my online French friends, Isabelle and Renee. Our friends, the Blums, visited with us from Israel in the summer, and Ya'el was here again in November and December, to teach Hebrew. Of course Joel hears Spanish every time we eat at La Tolteca or go to Walmart. A couple of times we've had Chinese students in our home, but he was too young to remember.

Yesterday we were driving home from Bible study, and out of the blue came Joel's funny question. "Mom, what do Chinese people talk? French, Hebrew, or Spanish?"

I said, "Most Chinese people speak Chinese, honey."

"They do?" he asked, as if Chinese people are far superior because they speak an altogether foreign language!