If I were that lone juror, I would love to have taken on the other 11. I would have convinced them to change their minds, not the other way around. So you are like Henry Fonda! :)
Kirsten, you’ve got a little smudge on your nose, best go wipe that up. The difference between a brownnoser and an a$$ kisser is their depth perception.
Interesting. All of my grandparents were born in Italy. I think part of the difference was their age when they came here. Mom's parents were adults, and dad's were children. I never knew my grandfathers, but I never heard my maternal grandmother speak English, and I never heard my paternal grandmother speak Italian. Mom grew up speaking Italian at home, Dad did not (although I think he understood it).
I once asked my mom why she never taught us to speak Italian. She said that dad did not want her to, we lived in America, and did not need to speak Italian. The funny thing is that when I was a teenager, dad told me I should learn Spanish (grew up in San Antonio)!