had questions, he will always make me feel dumb. Until one day I went after school to ask him, why was it he always made me feel like I didn 't belong there. Honestly I didn’t expect what he responded, the teacher said “look why would I waste my time teaching you if you are either going to end doing laborers jobs or end up in prison” . The anger and sadness was a mixture of feeling I havent had since that day. Therefore, how would I graduate from 8th grade if I didn’t wanted to go to class since I felt those emotions each time I saw him. The author Anzaldúa mentions
Estamos viviendo en la noche de la Raza, un tiempo cuando el trabajo se hace a lo quieto, en lo oscuro. El dia cuando aceptamos tal y como somos y para donde vamos y porque- ese dia sera el dia de la Raza. Yo tengo el compromiso de expresar mi visión, mi sensibilidad, mi percepción de la revalidación de la gente mexicana, su mérito, estimación, bonra, aprecio y validez. (page.110)
While reading this quote, I connected on how I would read the geometry book every night and worked in examples in order to keep passion I had …show more content…
I knew that in order for me to show how my struggles have payed of was by following higher education as a young chicano male. Additionally, I knew that I wanted to follow the path of being a mathematics profession, to aid my community and show them that someone from the barrio can make it. Despite my classes have push me to the limit, I feel that all the resources I have like EOP, Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc, Metro, Trio, and my family I have manage to learn knowledge to help my persona. Currently, I have obtain skills, that I never image having like public speaking, test taking, grammar, etc. However, I know as a young chicano who has gone through extreme circumstances, my extraordinary story in higher education has barely
Estamos viviendo en la noche de la Raza, un tiempo cuando el trabajo se hace a lo quieto, en lo oscuro. El dia cuando aceptamos tal y como somos y para donde vamos y porque- ese dia sera el dia de la Raza. Yo tengo el compromiso de expresar mi visión, mi sensibilidad, mi percepción de la revalidación de la gente mexicana, su mérito, estimación, bonra, aprecio y validez. (page.110)
While reading this quote, I connected on how I would read the geometry book every night and worked in examples in order to keep passion I had …show more content…
I knew that in order for me to show how my struggles have payed of was by following higher education as a young chicano male. Additionally, I knew that I wanted to follow the path of being a mathematics profession, to aid my community and show them that someone from the barrio can make it. Despite my classes have push me to the limit, I feel that all the resources I have like EOP, Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc, Metro, Trio, and my family I have manage to learn knowledge to help my persona. Currently, I have obtain skills, that I never image having like public speaking, test taking, grammar, etc. However, I know as a young chicano who has gone through extreme circumstances, my extraordinary story in higher education has barely