Aria Richard Rodriguez (reflection)

I found this article to be sad. I never realized that learning a new language would be so effective in ones life. When I think about learning a new language I find it exciting. In high school I took Spanish for four years and I really enjoyed it. I enjoy learning about the different language and different culture. I also think it is very important to know some of another language.
  This article was very interesting. I never realized that coming here to America and learning English would make someone feel like they are losing their own culture. My best friend is full blooded Portuguese and her family and herself speak Portuguese and English at home. My friend and her family is the complete opposite of Richard and his family. My friend and her family is still very close to their Portuguese culture and even though they all speak English very well at home they will switch back and forth between Portuguese and English while they are speaking to each other.
  I think it is very important to learn at least simple words in another language especially for us future teachers. In the class room I am working in for the VIPs some of the children cant even speak English. So like in the article "To hear my teachers address me in Spanish when I entered the classroom. I would have felt less afraid". It is a teachers job to make the students feel comfortable in their classroom and if that means saying hello to them in a different language then that's what we should do. I find it very important for teachers to know some simple words in a different language to make their students feel comfortable in the classroom.
An article about the importance and advantages of learning a second language
  In class I would like to discuss the importance for teachers to learn a bit of another language.

Amazing Grace By: Jonathon Kozol

      Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol is a very eye opening article. It was also very sad. This article makes me apreciate where I live and how fortunate I really am. In this text a few quotes really stood out to me.
    One of the quotes that really shocked me was this one "I saw a boy shot in the head right over there, he says a moment later, in a voice that does not sound particularly sad". This quote really stood out to me. This little boy acting like seeing a kid shot in the head barely even phases him, like its just an everyday thing to him. It's really sad that this young boy has to see these horrifying things that no one should ever have to witness.
    Another quote that I found important "The point is that they put a lot of things into out neighborhood that no one wants, she says. The waste incinerator is just one more lovely way of showing their affection". "Theres trashy things all over" This quote bothers me. It's almost like saying that they dont care they will keep putting in "trashy" things  in the neighborhood because they are poor people so it doesn't really matter. I dont think thats right at all. Just because they live in a low class poor area doesnt mean that they can make it worse by putting things in their neighborhood like the waste incienerator.
    Another quote I found important in the text was "He pointed to my pizza. What did you do? I gave him some! Were your parents mad at you? He looks surprised at this, Why would they be mad? he asks. God told us share!" I found this quote to be an important quote in the reading beacuase even though this young boy lives in a rough, poor trashy neighborhood there is still kindness in thier hearts. This quotes shows that not everyone in this low class poor neighborhood is bad.
    In class I would like to talk about the second quote I pointed out. The quote bothered me just because they live in a "trashy" poor neighborhood doesnt mean they need more things thrown into their neighborhood to make it worse.

About me =)

Hi,
 My name is Anne Souza. My family and close friends call me Anne Kelly. I am the oldest of three. I have a sister (who is in my profile picture) and  a brother. A lot of people confuse me and my sister to be twins and other people think we don't look a thing a like. I have a very close family with lots of cousins. Me and my sister are pretty tight at times.
Outside of school I work at Ann & hope. Everyone finds this amusing because my name is in the title. Its not a very exciting place to work most of the nights i just stand there bored. I also enjoy hanging out with my friends and my cousins.
I am a sophmore. So far this semester is going pretty well it has been stressful but a lot better than last year. Last year i spent all year on crutches it wasnt fun at all. For the first semester I had a cast on my right foot and the second semester I had a cast on my left foot. I had to have surgery on both my feet. I am so glad to be healed and off of crutches.
So thats a little about me. =)