With every
week that passes by we get the opportunity to make new friends and say goodbye
to others. Every Monday we take an hour to introduce ourselves and go over our
schedule, and today we got the opportunity to welcome a new student to
CETLALIC. In class we learned how to properly use all the tenses, such as
pretérito, imperativo, imperfecto, and so on. I must admit that my Spanish is
not as great as I thought and I must get rid of bad habits.
After
an intense Spanish lesson we gathered as a group and watched a video called:
Cartas del Otro Lado or Letters from the Other Side. This video was very
emotional for it focused on families being torn apart due to the need of having
to cross the border into the United States. As one of the family members in the
video said, “Nadie se va por gusto” or “Nobody goes out of pleasure”, which
until now has been proven to be true. The three families in the video all had
at least one family member who had gone to the United States out of necessity.
This necessity has caused a lot of hurt between family members due to the distance
and torn relationships. For instance, there was one family whose father left to
the United States and later a son/brother, leaving behind a wife and two
daughters. The oldest daughter and the mother had a lot of resentment toward
the father because he had been gone for a very long time and time after time he
promised to return but never did. A huge myth is that once in the United
States, there is a lot of opportunity for money but the truth is the complete
opposite, making it almost impossible to return to ones homeland (which is
always the dream).
Later
that day we returned to school to discuss issues of “Americanization” and the impact of U.S. music
and media on youth in Mexico and concerns over this influence. To do this we
broke into groups and met up with a student to simply talk and find out how
much of an impact music and media from the U.S. plays in their lives. We had
the privilege to talk to a girl named Lucy who might just be the “perfect
student”. She is in secundaria or middle school and is very involved in her
school and other activities, such as the school play, Wizard of Oz and in a
soccer team. We discovered that her favorite music is American, such as, Big
Time Rush and One Direction. Her favorite channels are Nickelodeon and Disney
XD. She is allowed to use the internet on Fridays and sometimes Wednesdays and
usually goes on Facebook. Overall, Lucy seemed to be very influenced by U.S.
music and media but she also seemed to have a very balanced life with various activities
with her family, school, and friends.
Melanie and Rebecca
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