Anglo-Spanish War

the Spanish language and have been studying the subject since 7th grade. This summer, I plan on studying abroad in Costa Rica and staying with a family who lives there. Since deciding this, I realized that I should be practicing in preparation for my trip. Spanish has always been something I am interested in and will help me in my future career as a nurse. That’s why I have dedicated three weeks to learning the language in as many ways as possible. Each day I attempted to incorporate Spanish…

English class. My mom thought it was a good idea the school suggested that so she said it was fine for me to move to an all English Class. The Change was different because in my bilingual class we would speak both languages but we would mainly speak Spanish. Then switching to an all English class I have to change to speak all English. I had to code switch to talk to my classmates to all English. The change was different and…

Jamie Nguyen English I Honors Mrs. Reedy 4 October 2015 Dantes’s Revenge According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of revenge is “to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree, or “to inflict injury in return for.” The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an intricate story written about obsession and revenge. Falsely accused for treason and also being a Bonapartist, Dantes was arrested on the day of his wedding. He was imprisoned on the island…

even though some of America’s greatest war heroes were in fact Latino American. Fortunately, people such as John J. Valadez are trying to unveil the true meaning behind what it means to be a Latino American. John J. Valadez is an award winning filmmaker and director for a television series known as “Latino Americans”. He has been making documentaries to accurately show the history of Latino Americans, whether it be from their courageous acts during World War II to walk outs that were held…

Evaluating Hispanic Education In comparison to the United States, Spanish-speaking countries have many differences in education as well as many similarities. If a student were to transfer to a university in the US, the differences have a possibility of hindering with the student’s education. However, similarities in society and culture can also help students learn and communicate more fluently and in a more precise way. Curriculum in Spain and Latin America is very similar to curriculum in the…

Quotation: “I would also suggest that Maria Micaela’s “playing dumb” (“… Since I’m a woman I don’t know what rey común means”) was a kind of strategic essentialism which, by playing into Spanish prejudice, was often deployed by Andeans. That is, since her Spanish captors would expect her to be ignorant, she could easily plead ignorance.”(Penry, 226) Argument: The author, S. Elizabeth Henry, is arguing that the Andeans were able to take advantage of the stereotypes the Spaniards had of them. The…

a. Values, world view etc. The world view of Brazilians is generally an optimistic one. They are a gregarious people, and enjoy company. Brazilians are out spoken, and this can sometimes give the impression that they are argumentative or short tempered, but this isn’t the case. Brazilians tend to be polychronic, preferring to “go with the flow” than stress about punctuality (excepting Sao Paulo). Politeness is an important part of the culture, as pushing and shoving is considered bad form.…

My home town is Little Havana, a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. It is home to loads of citizens from Central and South America and Cubans, hence the Spanish name “La Pequeña Habana”. Little Havana was named after the capital city of Cuba, Havana. Growing up in the area made you gain some Cuban qualities, most of which are existent to this day. Back in the day, we would sneak into shops while the vendors were busy serving customers and sneak back out with loads of tobacco stashed in our hoodies.…

My mother, Maria, was born and raised in San Salvador. San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador, is the smallest country in Central America, and for her childhood and teenage years, the country was in a civil war. This civil war started in 1980 and lasted 12 years. In the summer of 1990, Maria decided to visit her eldest sister, Fatima, for the winter holidays. Fatima and her first daughter, Karla, had first immigrated illegally to Houston, Texas in 1983 with the help of Mexican Coyotes –…

divide us. However, he forgot crucial facts to this whole predicament. He lumped together all the Spanish speaking Americans as Mexicans even though they might not be Mexican. Also, this is not a small group of people that he is talking about but a group of millions. In addition, most of the land that America has in the west coast once belonged to Mexico. Finally, he not only robbed the other Spanish speaking Americans of their identity by calling them all Mexicans but also is just expressing…