Spanish Armada

population of Mexico is currently an astounding number of 129,623,997. Sixty percent of this population is of the Mestizo ethnicity, Mestizos are more commonly known as Amerindian-Spanish. The remaining ethnic population percentage is 30% Amerindian, 9% white, and 1% of other race. The official language of Mexico is Spanish, although there are several more languages spoken there such as Mayan and Mazatec. There is no official religion in Mexico, but four-fifths of the people take part in…

in which I had to be independent and for a while I thought I was. However, it was not until I was around twelve years old when I realized that I was the rock in my family. My parents are both immigrants from Mexico and thus their main language is Spanish. Therefore, they were not able to do much in terms of speaking up for me or even themselves in some cases. Every time my mother had to be admitted into the hospital, I was the one who had to go along with her because I spoke English and could…

importance of learning the English language, they also knew they wanted to keep some of their original traditions. They spoke to their children in Spanish, as they knew their children would learn English at school. Therefore,…

people just accept you for the way you are? I was in for a rude awakening for my childhood years. When you’re Hispanic and you tell someone you don’t know Spanish, they give you this look when they first found out Santa wasn’t real. Sure it's not common for a Hispanic kid to not know Spanish but I didn't know it was a big deal to others. Learning Spanish never even crossed my mind, I just lived life as is. I moved to Berwyn as a kid from Cicero when back then it was mostly Caucasian dominated.…

For almost two decades I have known that I wanted to be a doctor. However, seven years ago I I decided that I wanted to be fluent in Spanish so that I may treat those whose first language is Spanish. While volunteering at the New York Hospital of Queens, I got to experience first hand a Hispanic family who spent approximately 12 hours in a waiting room due to the language barrier. I have seen patients before waiting for a long period of time, but this was the longest. In that moment, I felt…

intriguing topic found on the website was the Spanish settlers reasons for colonizing in San Antonio. Settlers did not by chance land in the San Antonio area. This area not only had the natural resources to support a growing culture but was also in an area the gave the Spanish an advantage against…

Kyler Harlow, Seth Kramer, Nichole Smith Dr. Nicholson Honors English 10, Period 1 23 February 2017 Latin America Paper An identity is a major aspect of what makes a person their own person, unfortunately, an identity is something that Americans lack. A lack of identity within the American people resulted in a lack of identity within Latin Americans as well. Latin America was colonized by Europe in the 1500’s which cause a multicultural and foreign culture to be forced upon its inhabitants. This…

He held on deeply to Spanish because it gave him a feeling of closeness and importance. Using this language at home made him feel comfortable in the fact that he could not interact outside of home and did not have a public identity. As long as he could go home at the end of the…

Chronicle of a Death Foretold was originally written in Spanish by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The text was published in 1981 in Aracataca, Colombia. The novel was controversial for its time for it involved many topics such as male dominance and a murder. Since the novel became popular in Spanish-speaking countries, especially Colombia, the text has been translated to many languages. It was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa. Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a drama that contains Magical…

What I learned in American history is three things is WW1 the New deal Spanish American War I’m talking about what happen in that time and the effect that it has today. The first topic is the Spanish American War that when we want more power people fought for land at that and we want the resources and money but that made a huge war. The effect is that we got the Philippines, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico. The Philippines that almost starts a war because they wanted to be there own so there…