My Service Learning Partner As A Spanish Speaking Country

Six months after the assault, the National Office of Country Security presented another shading coded U.S. risk admonitory framework to adequately manage the dangers. The present danger level cautions, the air terminal's and Metro's consistent alarms for unattended and suspicious stuff and the shoe weighs in the air terminal regularly help individuals to remember the 9/11 assaults and the powerlessness of the country to further assaults. The Fringe security and Port and Load Security have been expanded. The expanded efforts to establish safety in outskirt and port security may have a little impact on Americans, however have more effect on migrants, guests, and business voyagers. Quickly after the assaults, everybody felt otherworldly, less materialistic, and understood that what truly matters is friends and family. This has endured to a degree, yet not for eternity. Be that as it may, an enduring change is that everybody is currently mindful of war, terrorism and life's

Culture makes up who we are, what we believe and how we behave. About four years ago, I had the opportunity to live in Ecuador. I found the relationships and communication perspective to be very interesting and after spending two years there, I was able to notice several distinct intercultural differences between the American and Ecuadorian cultures. Since my analysis of Ecuador is only based off of my personal experience, I’ve also invited my friend Luis Salas from Quito, Ecuador who is currently attending Brigham Young University to give his own insights. By gaining his perspective of what it’s like to live in America as an

It is known for its Pacific ocean beaches, surf spots and mountainous landscape. It is named “the savior” and is the largest coffee exporters in the world. In fact, it is the only country in Central America that does not have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea. El Salvador is a Spanish-speaking country in South America, and this is the country I will be traveling to. El Salvador is the most misunderstood country of them all. Some people say that it is quite dangerous while others say it’s quite boring compared to the rest of Central America. Most visitors say El Salvador is not safe and this is because the lack of mass tourism equals lack of information. This is the reason I chose El Salvador to travel to. This vibrant nation is very tropical with rich forests and fertile farmlands. From Volcanoes and crater lakes to surfing and Wildlife, it’s filled to the top with so many things to do! El Salvador has so many things to offer and I am eager to explore it.

Living in a Spanish speaking culture, Cahuita, Costa Rica, not only helped improve my Spanish language skills, but also helped me learn about the culture and how to become accepted into their community - by interacting with them and making an effort to learn about them and their culture. Many of the expats people living in Cahuita were living in the village, but were not a part of the community because they kept apart from the locals, lived in expensive houses, separated themselves from the community, and weren’t as accepting of the Cahuiteños and their culture. But by living modestly and

     The Andes Mountains rise through much of central Ecuador. About half the people live in the valleys and on the plateaus of the Andes. Quito, Ecuador's capital, lies more than 9,000 feet (2,700 meters) above sea level on an Andean plateau. A flat, partly forested, tropical plain extends west of the Andes along the Pacific Ocean. This coastal plain is developing faster than any other part of the country. About half the Ecuadorian people live there.

Ecuadorian children become very excited to receive another opportunity to learn and support their peers. Children in Ecuador have more freedom than those that I have grown up to know. For example, they have permission to leave school grounds whenever and they may choose to not come back. Occasionally, teachers will send children home or out from school grounds to find an object or to bring their parent or sibling back with them (“Being a Kid in Ecuador”). Though parents are fully capable, they usually send their children off to the market to bring back groceries, so that when they are older they are able to do that on their own. Another way kids show their independence is through visiting the nearby river to go for a swim, usually inviting

Many people say that they “live in a state of terror even when they sleep.” Even though many people are terrified and worn down and scared for their life every day, there are still people who can not leave the city because it is home to

Although Rodriguez is only one example of public corruption, allowing only one extremely dangerous individual into the country could have caused great risk to the United States. This is why the awareness campaign is so important. By educating society of these types of situations, citizens can assist in preventing more crimes like Rodriguez’s.The awareness campaign will target 10 major cities that include airports, border crossings, and/or seaports. The following cities will be included in the outreach efforts of the campaign:

She had people asking her for cocaine and drugs because I was from Colombia. And having that feeling that the only thing people knew about Colombia was drug cartels, and perhaps some soccer, was devastating. With shame and sadness in her voice, Maria said that she actually used to think about dressing up, just so that people wouldn’t say “oh, she’s an illegal immigrant” which she was for a while. And after sixteen years in the States, she still faces these vicious stereotypes. In addition, there are small moments of ignorance. People that ask, “Hey, are there pastries in Colombia?” or they say “Oh, I didn’t know you could do that.” She may put avocado into a stew, and people gawk at her. All the wonderful things about Colombia are ignored. People only see the bad, they look at Colombia with an ethnocentric perspective; not seeing the fantastic coffee, beautiful flowers, and the vibrant and welcoming culture. They have better streets, better train systems, better water, and better

For the past three years, I have spent two weeks of my Summer break in the city of Espanola, New Mexico. According to KRQE News 13, Espanola is allegedly the most dangerous city in New Mexico, with one out of nine people having a severe chance of becoming a victim of a crime. The children of Espanola are the ones most affected by the devastating crimes taking place in their city every single day. Although we may come to believe that the one out of nine people is nothing more than a simple statistic, those numbers include the only family that these young kids have. Grandparents, parents, and aunts/uncles, cousins, brothers and sisters.

In my travels of the world I have found myself immersed in many cultures and varieties of ethnicity; I have been very fortunate to live in a day and age where such communication and experience is possible in one lifetime. I have seen La Cathedral de Notre Dame, the Statue of Liberty, the home of Da Vinci, and so many more wonderfully spiritual and historic monuments. Yet still I can say with the utmost certainty that no location has left such a lasting impact on my soul as the quaint, simple country of Costa Rica. Although many places have penetrated me with a sense of what the majestic earth and her inhabitants are capable of and have forced me to question whether or not anything is beyond the grasp of human ingenuity, none have brought

The moment I arrived in Quito Ecuador, I threw up. After hours of delayed flights, I was confident that I had made the wrong decision leaving the country. Regardless, I trudged on to my destination: a remote village hidden in the rainforest of Ecuador. The occupants lived with next to nothing, not even a decent bathroom. In fact, that’s why I was there. I was part of a group working to bring a plumbing system to the natives. We worked for hours every day, digging trenches and hauling rocks from a river. With mud caked into my pores, my only relief was a rinse in a cold, dirty river at the end of every day. I had never felt better. The community was so thankful for everything they had, even if it wasn’t much. Through them, I learned

When I first found out that my service learning partner was from Ecuador, I tried to think of my initial opinion of Ecuadorians. Instantly the first thing I knew about Ecuador was that they were a Spanish speaking country. However, knowing that a country is a Spanish speaking country doesn’t tell me anything about the country itself. So I began to research online pictures of Ecuador and began to actually view different stereotypes about the country. After trying to develop my first opinion about Ecuadorians I came to believe all Ecuadorians are well dressed and are good looking. From the pictures of Ecuador my initial response was that Ecuador has really nice landscape but because of the layout of the Ecuador I came to believe Ecuador is over populated. Places that are overpopulated usually live in poverty because they have a hard time keeping up economically and this leads to further issues. As it turns out, my initial thought of Ecuador are along the same lines of truth that Ecuadorians actually experience these problems on a daily basis.

To begin, it’s been approximately four months since I’ve started volunteering at the First United Methodist Church’s Sunday School. During my thirty – four hours of volunteering, I’ve found out that the pastor wants to try and combine the church’s language (Hmong and English) services. During my time when I was volunteering, I was able to narrow my community problem to the importance of languages because it is slowly becoming lost to the new generation. As many also know of this problem, how do we try to conserve our spoken languages?

La tierra mas hermosa. The most beautiful land. Latin America and the Caribbean maintain the humble beauty of many indigenous regions. The rugged mountains of Bolivia are scattered across graded lands. The Quechua people can be seen wearing richly decorated ponchos as they plant seeds for forming. Weathered volcanic lavas are stretched over the lands of Guatemala, and the heavily wooded forest trees can also be seen in the eastern slopes of the Andes. The azure blue oceans of Havana sparkle as the golden sun illuminates the sky. These humble lands have always been here; streams of people have flowed through these lands for centuries. It is only the globalización that is relatively new, and along with that comes the life one lives in these lands--pobreza y viviendo en el infierno [poverty and living in hell]. The impact of globalization in Latin America has caused a ripple in the lives of many individuals living in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although globalization is not a new concept, the process of globalization has drastically expanded and involved into social, political, and economic changes that weakens the sovereignty and power that helps create policies and reform government institutions.