The idea of it terrifies them.

For history, we start with the American Indians and then who discovered America. It's really kind of fun when we get to the Mexican American war because they have a lot to offer from a different perspective.

The application goes into the State, then they're on the waiting list to take the test. It's a slow process, and it should not be. A lot of people would have become citizens much faster if the process moved along.

Their first step is to get an application to become a citizen.

Basically, we start by encouraging them to become citizens. We also often have to reassure them that they will not lose their Mexican citizenship.

My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them──by which means my letters sometimes convey no ideas at all to my correspondents.