When I took my test, most of the people in the waiting room were struggling with basic English. They tested my ability to write English by asking me to write th

When I took my test, most of the people in the waiting room were struggling with basic English. They tested my ability to write English by asking me to write the phrase, "The US flag has 50 stripes", but I got it wrong because I wrote "fifty" instead of using Arabic numerals, and they awkwardly discussed whether or not to tell me my mistake and ask me to redo it, or fail me. They tested my ability to read by showing me three similar sentences, reading one aloud, and having me point at the one they had read. The test questions and answers are published online for the same types of people who might be challenged by these questions: people who haven't patiently gone through the whole process. None of it really assesses your ability to communicate in America or participate in the democratic process. This article feels like picking at the unlikelihood of the legal situation in Dr. Doolittle. "Animals have been talking this whole time..." -- Josh Sneed.