Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

ahcun kan miphun cu a tlau lai. Fimcawnnak ah Asian dang tluk in kan thiam ve te lai. USA kan phakka ah kan fale nih English an thiam lo caah an kainak sian- ginn an tlakter. Atu cu English thiammi Chin ngakchia tampi nih an sianginn dirhmun [standard] an hlawh ` han lai. Nulepa nih ` ha tein kilven kan thiam hna ahcun cathiam tam- pi kan ngei lai. Kan fale hi degree a hmumi an tampi te lai. Medical doctors le engineers kan ngei te hna lai. Rian kong ah santlai lo hawi Mirang, Mi- nak le Spanish pawl sin ah rian kan ` uan hna. Fimnak kan ngeih lo caah hlawh tlawm mi rian kan ` uan. Rian ` uan kan fel caah Minak le Mirang hmanh kan lan hna. Nain, rian ` uan kan thiam deuh lo a si deuh. Kan pumsa nih a celh tawk tein rian ` uan kan hau. Rian ` uan kan thiam lo ruangah miphun dang pawl hna rian phuah an tong kho. An ton ahcun kan cung ah an lung a ` ha lo sual kho. Nunnak caah rian an herh ve. Hawi he rian ` uan thiam kan hau hna. Ralrin kan hau ve. Anmah ban- tuk in fel tein rian ` uan thiam kan herh ve. Cun, kanmah he rian ` uan ` imi miphun dang hna nih Laimi a kan tluk lo ti hi kan theih zungzal a hau. Lainu nih maw, Laipa nih maw, nan rian ` uan hawi miphun dang kha nan duh sual hna ahcun nan i ngaichih ko lai.

Sifak an si ve. Nun an in thiampi hna lai lo. Lainu le Laipa te he i ` hitlak hi a ` ha cem. Miphun dang a ` hudir kho le cathiam sang hna va ` hitlak le va ngeih khi cu Lai nu le Lai pa he i ton khawh lo ahcun Pathian khuakhan a si ve ko lai. Nain, pakhatnak ah Laipa caah Lainu, Lainu caah Laipa cu kan chiah zung- zal ding a si. Chinmi cu ca kan thiam lo zong ah kan zatnak a tampi. Kutzung thiam kan tam. Rian ` uan kan fel. Kan rian ` uannak kampani hi kan ` hanter ngai hna. A bik in, kan umnak naihniam zudawr cu kan ` hanchoter ngai hna. Mah tein rian [small business] a ngei khomi kan um ve te lai. Atu ah, Chinmi cu sushi rian a ngeimi chungkhar an tam ngai hna. Hi hnu ah USA ram rian [business] tuah ning zong an van theih chin lengmang lai i mirum [millionaire] zong kan ngei ve te ko lai. Hi tluk in rian ` uan duhnak kan ngeih lio ah US minung tampi hi rian ` uan a ruat lomi an tam pi ve. Cozah bawmhnak lawng a ormi an tam. An fale nih cacawn ` hatnak a hngal lomi an tam. A tang hi USA ah high school an onning a si: Hmailei Chin Fanau hna kong ah ralrin herhmi

US Education Department nih a langhtermi Cathiamning Overall Changes in Graduation Rates According to US Department of Education [December 15, 2015]

Kum

2010-11

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

3-yr change (2010-11 to 2013-14)

American Indian/Alaska Native 65

67 88

69.7 88.7

69.6 89.4 72.5 87.2 74.6 62.6 63.1 82.3

4.6 2.4 5.5 3.2 4.6 5.6 4.1 3.3

Asian/Pacific Islander

87 73 67 84 70 57

Hispanic

71

75.2

76.3

5.3

Black White

69 86 72 59 61 80

70.7 86.6 73.3 61.1 61.9 81.4

Low Income

English Learners

Students with Disabilities 59

Total

79

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