A Conversation Between Lisbeth Chamba And Spanish

“His nation chewed him up and spat him out like a pinon shell, and when he emerged from an airplane one late afternoon, I knew I would one day make love with him” (Martinez, 3). And so it starts, the story of a nineteen year old Mexican- American girl named Mary (Maria; as he only chooses to call her), who helps out and eventually falls in love with Jose Luis Alegria, a Salvadoran refugee. Martínez's story of María is told against the backdrop of the 12-year civil war in El Salvador. Maria and Jose Luis develop a friendship that slowly turns into a typical novella love affair. Through their relationship, both characters are forced to confront the violence of their

Imagine living in a country where you know you could die at any moment but don’t know how much longer till it happens. That was how much of the population of El Salvador used to feel when the government could not control the big coffee corporations. These out of control corporations, highly feared that the people would want to revolt against them so they hired murderers to kill innocent people to spread fear in the minds of the people of El Salvador. Fear, hate, and sorrow were the common feelings felt by the poor and innocent major population of El Salvador caused by the evil wrongdoings of the government during October 1979 – 16 January 1992. This is how the main character, Jose Luis, of the novel “Mother Tongue” by Demetria Martinez, felt before escaping his beautiful yet over constantly dangerous country, which depended on its cash crop, coffee beans to sell on a foreign market as the country’s main income. However, following the stock-market crash of 1929, a drop in coffee prices became apparent and affected everyone in El Salvador, but the poor especially. Making things worse, the glorious United States was funding the men whom were doing all the innocent killings with more weapons and money to increase their military power. So for Jose Luis the safe haven that he had escaped to was also blatantly funding the war that was killing so many innocent people he knew and had forced him to escape for his own safety. With nowhere else to go in order to find safety the United

In the article How to Tame a Wild Tongue written by Gloria Anzaldua covers a real life story that Gloria lived. She was born into a Mexican home in the United States during the 1970s. She was looked down upon by her peers due to the fact that she spoke Spanish. When she was in school they got her in trouble because she spoke Spanish in one of her classes. Gloria also never knew that Spanish words were not all male dominant, they also applied to females. The biggest struggle for Gloria was that she often used both English and Spanish when she would talk to her peers. While some argue that she was in the wrong, I believe that she has a right to keep in touch with her roots because nobody should be ashamed of where they come from.

I was asked to answer the following question: Do you agree or disagree with Jane Hill's position that mock Spanish, including such phrases as "no problemo" and "buenos nachos," are a form of racism? I have so many things I desire to say regarding this question. First, I will address the issue of Jane Hill’s example that she gave which I found to be extremely offensive. She said, “Calling something el cheapo will conjure in the minds of many Anglos images of lazy lower-class Mexicans.” Jane Hill made a sweeping generalization with her statement; one that I find to be incredibly disrespectful and a sign of her personal negative sentiment (racism) toward Mexican-Americans. Also, earlier in Jane Hill’s little tantrum, she said that Spanglish such

Demetria Martínez’s Mother Tongue is divided into five sections and an epilogue. The first three parts of the text present Mary/ María’s, the narrator, recollection of the time when she was nineteen and met José Luis, a refuge from El Salvador, for the first time. The forth and fifth parts, chronologically, go back to her tragic experience when she was seven years old and then her trip to El Salvador with her son, the fruit of her romance with José Luis, twenty years after she met José Luis. And finally the epilogue consists a letter from José Luis to Mary/ María after her trip to El Salvador. The essay traces the development of Mother Tongue’s principal protagonists, María/ Mary. With a close reading of the text, I argue how the forth

I currently attend a class at Northwest Vista College, which is two days of the week and is and seventy-five minutes long. This class is more difficult than any other class I have, yet I have higher success in this class than my others. I am more successful because I have more time to study for such class, and because I am exposed to more interaction with my teacher. Not only is there more study time, my teacher equally has time to prepare more effective lessons, and activities. As opposed to my normal high school schedule consisting of seven classes, around forty-five minutes each, five days a week. In which I struggle more with those classes as each day there is a new lesson taught,

Decipherment began when Spanish explorer Jose Calderon stumbled upon the city of Palenque. The great city had been mysteriously abandoned in the 9th century and concealed by the forest long before the Spanish had invaded; it was there that the preserved tablets had been found. The news of this discovery sparked an interest in artists and explorers who wished to be a part of the decipherment project. In 1832, archaeologist Constantine Rafinesque used only five pages of the Dresden Codex to identify and crack the first piece of the Maya code; a counting system. The counting system theory was made up of dots and bars and later proven correct and advanced upon by artists and archaeologists worldwide. With the excitement of the discovery, artist

Throughout high school, I have challenged myself both in the classroom and out in my community. By taking the honors classes, while participating in as many extracurricular activities as I can, I have learned the importance of balance and commitment. My school offered many dual-enrollment courses with conjunction to the local community college as well as Seton Hall University. These classes prepared me for the rigorous workload of college classes, while giving me the opportunity to earn college credits as a high school student. In addition to the dual-enrollment program, I have taken several AP classes that too transfer to college credits. I always challenged myself to take the upper-level courses because I want to be as prepared as I possibly

New data will be collected and compiled in the form of observation, staff and volunteers will observe participants, to assess their behavior and knowledge while waiting for further instructions. Observe the participants, presence while making them feel comfortable. Review the records (if some are available) to make plans for treatment. A Spanish written survey might be necessary to administer to the Hispanic community to access their perception to care and staff involvement. Observation will be made on the access of staff interaction and with their behavior amongst the participants. Review of charts (develop), records (if were maintained), training materials will be introduced.

If you change your mind it may be difficult to catch up on the classes.

Many people wish to finish as many classes as they can before college. Instead of taking an advanced class during college, many students want to get the classes out of the way and take it with a teacher that cares about if they pass or fail. For example, most of my schedule is full of more advanced classes. I take these classes so I will not have to

Prior to the start of the week I was excited to be out of the classroom and working with patients. My clinic is in National City, which is about 15 miles from the border. I have been practicing Spanish on Rosetta Stone in my preparation that I would encounter a Spanish only speaker. Sure enough the first evaluation that I was able to assist in this week spoke only Spanish. Here was my chance to utilize my costly Rosetta Stone. While assessing a patient’s ability to bridge I asked him “lavante su nalgas” which I thought translated into “lift up your buttocks”, but actually translated into borderline profanity. We all laughed and it turned into a good icebreaker with the family. They expressed their appreciation for my attempt to establish report

In the course of reading two separate texts it is generally possible to connect the two readings even if they do not necessarily seem to be trying to convey the same message. The two articles, “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, and “Coming Into Language” by Jimmy Santiago Baca, do have some very notable similarities. They are two articles from a section in a compilation about the construction of language. The fact that these two articles were put into this section makes it obvious that they will have some sort of connection. This essay will first summarize the two articles and break them down so that they are easily comparable; also, this essay will compare the two

Think about the classes you currently take and those you’ve taken in the past. Consider the ways in which you preferred to learn.

I knew, I would do all right in speech and writing courses. Math was never my strong point. However, I found out that I would have to take a remedial math course before enrolling in the math course for computer science. I also discovered that since I had not taken physics in high school. I would have to complete a college physics course before beginning the science courses. Most working students also find out as I did that they have very little time for homework, they have to reduce their courses loads.