An inspirational story. Thanks for sharing! I'm

a little curious, though.  It's been said that until the age of about 12, a person's language skills are relatively vulnerable to change. Studies on international adoptees have found that even nine-year-olds can almost completely forget their first language when they are removed from their country of birth.  So here is the question: Did the brave little girl, who already had a lot on her plate, have to relearn English when she first arrived in Illinois?