The
break was restful, but had 0 Spanish practice. I really wish I had a friend
that could speak Spanish. I think that next semester, I need to start socially branching
out a little. I need at least one person I can chat with in Spanish, and one
person that´s nerdy enough for me to talk advanced chemistry with. But my
biggest worry right now in reference to Spanish is my Goodwill project I´ve got
going on. I´m taking up more work next semester at school, so I won´t be able
to volunteer as much. I am 100% still teaching the English class next semester.
They know enough English to get by, but they want so badly to be understood.
Their accents are so thick that some people just don´t get them when they speak,
and I understand that that must be extremely frustrating, and I want so
desperately to help, I just…. I don´t have the time anymore. I have two, maybe
three hours a week I can give to them.
I´ve
already sent an email to Dr. Desiderio with the honors program to see if maybe
he can organize something to send information out to all of the students that
need volunteer hours, specifically bilingual ones. He asked me to make a flyer,
but finals are bogging me down with all of the stress, and I´ve already got
extra work I have to do for Goodwill. I´m creating a list of all the words
we´ve had issues with, and making phonetic guides. The class I really need help
with is the Spanish class. It´s a bunch of people learning the language mostly
for fun, but partially to speak with people that they know that speak Spanish.
They´ve been given second priority, but they´re still trying to learn, and I
feel like it´s important to provide this service, I just can´t juggle all of my
times. And it being all volunteer work, I´m not certain how many people will
actually show up to help.
El racismo ha sido un
problema hace demasiados años. Está propagado por los adultos, no es inherente.
Entonces, creo que, durante años, no vamos a verlo tan mal que lo veamos hoy.
En mi opinión, lo más importante para discutir es que no es importante. Cuando
decimos que no hay diferencia entre los colores, vamos a mejorar como una
cultura. Como no digo que una persona es peor porque tiene otro color de ojos,
es la misma cosa. Necesitamos enseñar la próxima generación que deben ser “daltoniano.”
Reconozco que, debajo de mi mente consciente, tengo estereotipos creados sobre
muchos tipos de personas. La mayoría del tiempo, no permite que cambian mis
sentimientos, y no hago o digo cosas racistas.
Crecía en una casa con
un poco de racismo, y lo reconocía desde niño, y no le dejé a afectarme, pero
todavía la idea está en mi mente. Vamos a crecer como una raza al punto de que
ser racista es menos común y menos común, hasta que no existe. Va a tomar años,
sé. Espero que no tome demasiado, porque quiero ver la progresión. Quiero ver
los humanos mejorar y juntar. Creo que no va a necesitar algo trágico, pero algo
que siempre ayuda personas a juntar es un enemigo común. Puede ser otro grupo
de personas, que no prefiero, o necesidades básicas, como sed y hambre. No hay
algo que prefiero porque todos son malos, pero, si ocurrieran, mejoraría la
situación.
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