Hispanic Heritage Month Research Paper

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Hispanic Heritage Month:

Starting September 15th, and to October 15th our Spanish class celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month. It was an interesting learning experience overall, and it made for some unique days in class that could’ve otherwise been what seemed like days of more paperwork and material to study. (Which isn’t exactly a bad thing either.) There were some things that I enjoyed, but also some things that could’ve been improved upon. So, what about our celebration in class of Hispanic Heritage Month stood out the most to me?

The festivals Spanish countries and Latin American countries celebrate are really something - we had adequate time to prepare for the festivals, and the festivals were appealing to discover. The tomato festival,

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