"Mother Tongue"

I think people do make assumptions on people's intelligence when people have an accent. In the story the doctors thought because she had an accent they could get away with saying they lost the CAT scan and think she had no clue what was even going on. They pretty much thought she was dumb because of her accent. I think it happens more often than most people think. I think people do use a person's language to determine their intelligence but I dont think it always reveal a person's intelligence. A really smart person could use really poor language and someone would judge that person and say they are dumb because the way they talk. I mean sometimes it does reveals a person's intelligence, it just depends on the person. A person could also hide that they aren't very smart by using really good language like in a job interview and someone could think that person is really smart and hire them.