Patron of the month

A great conversation in Spanish I had this week: My library offers a class to help people study for the U.S. citizenship test (like most large cities in Texas, we have a large legal immigrant population), so when a man came in and asked for the text of the Pledge of Allegiance, and made it clear that he just wanted the text, not any historical information or context, I asked him if he was studying for the exam, thinking he might be interested in the class we offer. Instead, he said, "No, I already passed the test! My ceremony is in a few weeks and I want to practice saying it in English!"

Needless to say, I printed him a copy of the text for free.