Guiding others on familiar path

These immigrants are studying for the citizenship test, a test that most American high school students fail. They are being taught by a woman who took and passed the same test a few years ago. - - Donna Poisl

Prospective citizens' teacher is an immigrant herself

By Leslie Berestein, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

The students taking notes in a City Heights citizenship class this week were as diverse as San Diego itself, born in countries ranging from Colombia to Vietnam.

An older woman from Lebanon, a first-time student, sat near the front. At a table in the rear, a group of African Muslim women sat facing one another, their heads covered by silky hijab.

Above the table, pinned to the wall, was a timeline of U.S. history: the start of the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, the passage of the Constitution.
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