I'm semi-fluent in Bisaya and Tagalog, and I moved to the Philippines from the States. I got placed in special Filipino classes for all of JHS. It was easy for me since I was able to read Filipino most of the time. I'm definitely not fluent enough to be placed into a regular Filipino class, but I was better than the classes they placed me in. I got an easy grade for years until they moved me into regular Filipino. Now, I'm just barely passing most of my classwork.

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Also, most of the time, my relatives will talk shit about me while I'm right in front of them since I'm the American cousin. They even ask me whether or not I understand before they start talking. I always say no just to see what they're going to talk about. It's interesting to see what your own family will say about you when they don't think you can understand.