"At Lincoln, making us into Americans did not mean scrubbing away what made us originally foreign. The teachers called us as our parents did, or as close as they could pronounce our names in Spanish or Japanese. No one was ever scolded or punished for speaking in his native tongue on the playground."
My sweet,quiet father surprised us with his outburst yesterday Your only describing the father with 2 words. A comma is only necessary if you were using 3 words
