Habla espanol? Not in one Kansas school, you don't. This will look awfully familiar to anyone who is knowledgable about Native American history. Native American students were forced to speak English in school and often punished very harshly any time they reverted to their native languages (how ironic that we were saved by those languages in World War II).

Zach Rubio is the son of a Mexican American immigrant who is now a naturalized United States Citizen. Both father and son are fluent in both English and Spanish.

"It was, like, totally not in the classroom," the high school junior said, recalling the infraction. "We were in the, like, hall or whatever, on restroom break. This kid I know, he's like, 'Me prestas un dolar?' ['Will you lend me a dollar?'] Well, he asked in Spanish; it just seemed natural to answer that way. So I'm like, 'No problema.'"