Apollo 13 Crew And Ernestoe In 'Barrio Boy'

All three people that are being described in my essay have taken on a goal and are willing to do anything to complete it. Ghulam Ali was determined to get across the border even if it meant being caught. Alexander Hamilton was willing to create a strong financial system for America even if people were mad at him. Lastly, Augus wanted to find a beautiful girl and go to great lengths to succeed. However, all three were motivated to risk their life to complete their mission or goal.

During his childhood, he felt English was an obligation to fit in. As his family’s proficiency with English increased, their close ties with being solely Spanish speakers diminished: “We remained a loving family, but one greatly changed. No longer so close; no longer bound tight by the pleasing and troubling knowledge of our public separateness,” (lines 127-130). Growing apart from his family illustrates native Spanish speakers lose bonds because their shared identity no longer separates them from American

In addition to their haphazard careers, the issue of racism and segregated schools also affected the quality of education received by Mexican American children. At school, the children were educated through the use of second-class equipment and by teachers who seldom took notice of the migrant children passing through. In addition to the attitude of indifference, Mexican American students were consistently barred from practicing their culture. For example, Chávez noted that he was prohibited from speaking Spanish, and students who disobeyed were made to wear a humiliating sign which declared that they were stupid simply because they spoke Spanish (64). Such acts of racism and the taunting received from Anglo students made the life of Mexican American students miserable.

One of the stories is about Barrio Boy is learning how to speak English the other story is about Annie is trying to work really hard so she can do it for her two small boys that she has and the last one is about Apollo 11,12, and 13 is trying to make it alive so they can go back to earth. For the first book which is Barrio Boy, it mostly say’s in the 6 paragraph when Barrio Boy had a private lesson with a teacher named Miss.Ryan, so he can learn how to speak English. For the Second book which is New Directions that Annie want’s to know what she’s good at so, she can help her two boy’s because she is working really hard so she can be proud what she did and make her two boy’s happy. For the last one is which is Apollo 13: Highlight is that Apollo 11,12,and13 had a disaster in the spaceship and they had a hard time but they had to work hard so they can still be alive and go to earth safe and no one can be in harm. Individuals are driven to undertake a mission because Barrio Boy want’s to know if he can try to speak English and accomplished it, Annie want’s to know what is she good at her life, and Apollo 11,12, and 13 needed to accomplish their mission but at the same time they wanted to be alive. For Barrio Boy, it says in the text “I received a private lesson from Miss Ryan in the closet”. For the New Direction, it says in the text “She realizes that she must work in order to support her two small boys”. For the Apollo 13: Mission Highlight it says in the text “Nine

Being a Mexican-American, who was raised in the small town of Encarnación de Díaz – located at Los Altos de Jalisco, MX, – and then moved at the age of seventeen to Corpus Christi, TX, was not a smooth transition. The most difficult things I have encountered in my life must have been speaking a new language and adapting to a new type of living. I was fortunate enough to have amazing teachers who taught me to read, write and speak in English back in Mexico, but I was still not confident enough to speak the language when I arrived here. Although, many have told me that my English doesn’t sound as if I just moved here five years ago, I still believe I have so much more to learn.

Beowulf set his ego aside and hurdled into the face of danger in order to defeat a greater evil and liberate the people of Heorot from the demonic grasp of Grendel. The crew aboard the Challenger brought America together and helped us insure the safety of future astronauts. Tom pushed his body to the edge to live the life he dreamed of. Risks are imperative in life. Even beginning life, they are our instinct. We learn to crawl despite the bruises on our knees. We learn to walk no matter how many falls we endure. As we become further aware of the world around us, somewhere along the way, we experience failure; at that point, many people attempt to eradicate most risks from their life. But where would we be without our sense of exploration, our willingness to try new things? In order to push one’s boundaries, move forward as a society, and give purpose to life people must be willing to take risks.

To complete a mission people has often had to take risks, often dangerous ones. There seems to be a lot of reasons that drive people to undertake a mission. In Barrio Boy, Ernesto has to learn how to speak English when he doesn’t know a word. In Apollo 13 the crew would have never expected that the oxygen tank would blow up and then having to jump out of the LM module and into the ocean. In Barrio Boy(Ernesto) and the Apollo 13 crew undertook a mission because they had trust in someone, all were hardworking, and never gave up to achieve their goals.

Joan Didion 's article “Notes From A Native Daughter” and Ernesto Galarza 's piece “Barrio Boy” both talk a lot about how life was like in Sacramento while they were growing up. In Ernesto Galarza 's article, he writes about living in lower Sacramento and Didion 's essay, talks about life in a different area of Sacramento, California. Ernesto Galarza 's Sacramento is filled with a lot of Mexicans and other Latin American people living in a particular area of the city. Barrio Boy 's Sacramento took place in around the 1910s-1920s which was the early 20th century. Joan Didion 's Sacramento was at a later time, which was 1940s-1950s and was also a time when World War II took place. Since these stories both take place in Sacramento,

A woman they call Mamacita is completely incapable of trying to having a conversation with someone who speaks fluent English. It states “I believe she doesn’t come out because she is afraid to speak English and maybe this is so because she only knows eight words. She knows how to say: ‘He not here’ for when the landlord comes, ‘No speak English’ if anybody else comes, and ‘Holy smokes’”. (Doc c, paragraph 6) This shows how much she struggles with trying to speak English. You can’t live the American dream if you don’t even know how to speak the American language. English. Secondly, Esperanza explained that her father was limited to what he had to eat because of the language border he had. It states “My father says when he came to this country he ate hamandeggs for three months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hamandeggs. That was the only word he knew” (Doc c, paragraph 7) .This proves how only knowing how to speak a little bit of the American language stops you from living the American dream. Lastly, Mamacita got so frustrated with the fact that she couldn’t speak English and that’s the only language people were trying to communicate with her with, she just broke down. It states “No speak English, no speak English, and bubbles into tears”. (Doc c, paragraph 12) This proves how not being able to speak

For this assignment, I interviewed Alejandro Perez who my current significant other. He currently works as a subcontractor for construction. He is twenty-six years old. He is the oldest child in his family. He has four other brother and one sister. He identifies as Mexican because he was born and raised in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of sixteen, his father along with a guide immigrated to California. During the interview, I asked him what it meant to be a male in the Latino Culture. We talked about his primary cultural values, his bicultural experience, and consequences of oppression, counseling issues, and his perception to an effective learning environment.

Many young Latinos have to deal with issues of identity as a result of being educated in two cultures. However, this is a problem in decline, as the "pride of being Latino" continues to grow. The parents of the first generation are learning to function in their new country, have a higher disposable income and enjoy pampering their children with products, goods and leisure items that they could not enjoy his childhood. Given that 89% of these children born in the US and primary education courses in the country, their non-Latino counterparts school will determine not only your choice and language use, but also their orientation with respect to cultural values.

When someone is mocked or made fun of for the way they pronounce English words it can be very traumatic for the learner. As Priola states “[t]he reasons the majority of Hispanics don’t want to speak English is because of the fear of being mocked or laughed at” (Naomi). It is exactly the same case for Antonio as he witnesses the discrimination first hand. He describes how “[his] mother had packed a small jar of hot beans and some good, green chile wrapped in tortillas,” causing the other children to ridicule his lunch. In continuation Antonio describes “[t]he strangeness of the school and [how] the other children made [him] very sad.

What drives people to undertake missions? For example, Ernesto wanted to learn english, go to school, and not give up so Ernesto came to America to go to school, learn english, and not give up. Annie Johnson did not give up and Annie made her own business and without this business Annie would not have money and would not be able to handle her childrens. Monica had more responsibilities to do because Monica wanted a little brother. Individuals are driven to undertake missions because for example one of the motivation of the first story was to learn english and go to school and be successful, another motivation was to make money to support a family, and the last motivation was that someone wanted a little brother.

However, many Hispanic families were and in some cases, still are viewed as lower-class citizens. According to Barrientos, “To me, speaking Spanish translated into being poor. It meant waiting tables and cleaning hotel rooms. It meant being left off the cheerleading squad and receiving a condescending smile from the guidance counselor when you said you planned on becoming a lawyer or a doctor” (561). They are not respected in a lot of communities, they live dirty, and they have bad jobs. These stereotypes are reasons why Barrientos did not want to be called Mexican and never wanted to learn Spanish. If diversity had been celebrated when Barrientos was a child, as it is celebrated and honored now, she would have grown up speaking Spanish and being proud of her heritage.

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