Week 6

Teaching Spanish has been an amazing experience; but I still get a lot of racial remarks from my students. It's been a bit difficult this past 2 weeks teaching Spanish; but I continue to do so and I believe it's a great benefit for the students. I know that I am the minority at the school, and the parents and students have had ways to make me aware that I am a minority. I've had a priest who is Korean and who grew up in Paraguay and come in and speak Spanish so that my students can see that not only Hispanics speak Spanish. Unfortunately I have realized that my students aren't aware that Hispanics come from so many wonderful and beautiful countries and in their eyes all Hispanics are Mexican. When I teach Spanish sometimes they make fun of the "Mexican Accent," and it does bother me but I try to use what the say and turn it into a learn lesson and educate them. That's why about a month ago I made them memorize all 21 Spanish speaking countries and how 2 of these countries are in other continents. I've also shown videos and maps to them to see if they can open up their minds and hearts. I apologize for this post being so negative; but I had a rough week this week which broke my heart :-( This week will be a much better week I have to keep positive and move forward with what I do.