I was born in Mexico in the state of Nayarit in a Rancho (village) called Coamiles. I was fortunate to begin my education in Mexico where I started in the first grade. At this early level of education in Mexico, I learned how to read and write good enough to communicate by letter. I was not perfect at writing a letter, but good enough for a seven-year-old in his first year of school. I was also familiarized with basic mathematic skills and reading along with Mexican history, which I now realize was taught from an indigenous point of view. When I got to the United States, I heard Mexican history from a different perspective and I was sure it was not from the perspective that I first heard in Mexico. At that time, I was not sure what or whose
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This was very surprising and astonishing to me. I now realized that as I went through school all the prior years in America, history was being taught from a very different perspective. I had spent all these years confused until that day of Professor Yancey’s lecture. Although I already had respect for Professor Yancey, I now had great admiration for him. What was even more shocking was hearing it again, the same way I heard it in Mexico in Ethics 30 Class and now this semester in Ethics 37A both taught by Professor Covarrubias. I now know positively that not only is Mexican history taught differently in Mexico and America, but I also learned that Mexico teaches its history from an Indigenous perspective and America teaches history from a European perspective. Not only has my confusion been settled, but I am now filled with pride for my people once again. I feel lucky to have heard both ways that Mexican history was being taught, because it has allowed me to hear both sides of the story which gives weight to what I have learned in my classes. It also has awakened a passion in me as I know many Mexican’ and I recommend to all students of Mexican descent to take a class with these Professors just to ensure that they too know their true …show more content…
The widely known opinion is named The Bering Strait Theory. This Theory states that the indigenous arrived first in Mesoamerica by walking across a land bridge called the Bering Strait. It is obvious that this theory is considered the absolute truth because it is printed in many school textbooks for students to learn. The indigenous explained their arrival very different. They believed their ancestors to be of extraterrestrial races that had come to earth via space ships. Presently, the explanation of the indigenous on their initial arrival to Mesoamerica is problematic. This is due to the majority of people associating space ships to sci-fi movies that depict extraterrestrials as being green, with odd-shaped heads and acting in a much lower mental capacity than humans. This media depiction of extraterrestrials leads people to not take seriously the possibility of extraterrestrials arriving in space ships now or back then. This was recently demonstrated nationwide when the internet had news clips of a UFO sighting that showed the reporting staff laughing. While this is proof that this indigenous theory is problematic, this could be subject to change at any time. Over my lifetime, I have heard or seen reports of UFO’s that usually had questionable pictures at best. I feel that all who support the indigenous ideologies would surely feel that the recent UFO sighting on May 12, 2014 as
This was very surprising and astonishing to me. I now realized that as I went through school all the prior years in America, history was being taught from a very different perspective. I had spent all these years confused until that day of Professor Yancey’s lecture. Although I already had respect for Professor Yancey, I now had great admiration for him. What was even more shocking was hearing it again, the same way I heard it in Mexico in Ethics 30 Class and now this semester in Ethics 37A both taught by Professor Covarrubias. I now know positively that not only is Mexican history taught differently in Mexico and America, but I also learned that Mexico teaches its history from an Indigenous perspective and America teaches history from a European perspective. Not only has my confusion been settled, but I am now filled with pride for my people once again. I feel lucky to have heard both ways that Mexican history was being taught, because it has allowed me to hear both sides of the story which gives weight to what I have learned in my classes. It also has awakened a passion in me as I know many Mexican’ and I recommend to all students of Mexican descent to take a class with these Professors just to ensure that they too know their true …show more content…
The widely known opinion is named The Bering Strait Theory. This Theory states that the indigenous arrived first in Mesoamerica by walking across a land bridge called the Bering Strait. It is obvious that this theory is considered the absolute truth because it is printed in many school textbooks for students to learn. The indigenous explained their arrival very different. They believed their ancestors to be of extraterrestrial races that had come to earth via space ships. Presently, the explanation of the indigenous on their initial arrival to Mesoamerica is problematic. This is due to the majority of people associating space ships to sci-fi movies that depict extraterrestrials as being green, with odd-shaped heads and acting in a much lower mental capacity than humans. This media depiction of extraterrestrials leads people to not take seriously the possibility of extraterrestrials arriving in space ships now or back then. This was recently demonstrated nationwide when the internet had news clips of a UFO sighting that showed the reporting staff laughing. While this is proof that this indigenous theory is problematic, this could be subject to change at any time. Over my lifetime, I have heard or seen reports of UFO’s that usually had questionable pictures at best. I feel that all who support the indigenous ideologies would surely feel that the recent UFO sighting on May 12, 2014 as