To me, Spanish is a portal to another world, it opens up opportunities to explore and learn things that you could have never learned before. It presents new opportunities to travel, meet new people, and explore different cultures.
WHy is learning/knowing more than one language important?
Learning more than one language is important because when you know more than one language there are less limits to what you are able to do.
What topics do i want to learn about in this class
I want to learn about the culture and history of the Mexican/Spanish background.
What am i excited about in this class?
I am excited to learn about culture and history of Mexican/Spanish culture.
chicano park
During this semester we learned about the takeover of Chicano park. Chicano park is a park located underneath the Coronado bridge which was fought for by the local townspeople. The park was not originally going to become a park, when the people asked the city for a park, the city was going to build a highway patrol station instead. The community was outraged and began to stop construction by standing in front of the construction equipment. The city finally gave in and stopped construction, but didn't begin to build the park. The community members started and finished the construction of the park .
We took a field trip to the park and looked at all the amazing murals and look at the history of the park. Here are some pictures: