While reading From the Barrio to the Academy‚ by Laura Rendon‚ I made a couple of connections between my journey and that of the author. The first common parallel was about how we had to separate ties with the past to be successful. I’m not really fluent in my language‚ Vietnamese. I knew way more Vietnamese words when I was a child. While growing up‚ I kept on learning and practicing English‚ but I never really practice Vietnamese. I cannot have full on conversations with my grandma or Dad anymore
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Fixing the Broken “El Tonto del Barrio” tells the story of Romero‚ a man who has an exclusive arrangement in the Golden Heights Centro. Romero sweeps the sidewalks and the barrio gives him handouts‚ which helps balance the community in a systematic way. Could a nonessential improvement be enough to upset the balance of this community? In the short story “El Tonto Del Barrio‚” author Jose Armas intertwines conflict and irony to show readers that one should not fix something that is not broken (896-901)
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themes that are reoccurring in her exhibit. With bright ceiling lights and white walls‚ each piece is brightly showcased on the walls of this one-room exhibit. End Barrio Warfare.1979.Silkscreen poster. This pieces primary focus is that of violence in Barrios‚ and is made in the form of a poster that contains blood spelling out “End Barrio Warfare.” Besame.1988.Linocut.Collection of Ramon Cervantes. This black and white piece is an eye catcher‚ and features a nude woman being caressed and licked by
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“Boys will be boys‚” a commonplace phrase that constitutes a diffusion of responsibility away from the male perpetrators of aggressive attitudes and behaviors‚ supports a dangerous rhetoric that a young male transitioning into adulthood will perform acts of aggression‚ display a detached and uncaring disposition‚ and develop attitudes of intense homophobia and sexism as part of a biological norm of that stage of adolescence‚ a stage of life comprising a larger and larger part of young man’s life
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I am interning at Barrio Logan College institute (BLCI). BLCI is a non-profit organization whose mission to help children from the community who are predominantly Latinos‚ to become the first in their families to attend college. They serve students starting in 3rd grade through graduating high school seniors. BLCI provides academic assistance such as tutoring‚ college preparatory classes and one-one-one counseling. Additionally‚ BLCI also believes that helping the parents of their students is important;
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function‚ or effect on the reader? Barrios are everywhere: in playgrounds and workspaces; in churches and bars; in estates and small houses. The feeling of division does not discriminate. Barrio has come to mean hispanic sectors of a town or city‚ characterized by poverty and high crime rates. Barrios of this sense are physically divided‚ but more importantly culturally divided.Homo sapiens‚ and all members of the animal kingdom‚ are inclined to form groups‚ or barrios‚ categorizing themselves and others
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Undertaking Missions What drives people to undertake a mission? Barrio Boy‚ The Other Side Of The Sky‚ and Where The Red Fern Grows all share different hardships and goals. All of the characters in each life story have the determination to accomplish their goals. All of the characters in these life stories have someone they love‚ or care about to go through the journeys with them. In the life story “Barrio Boy”‚ a young boy named Ernesto Galarza faces the challenges of moving to a new country
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foreshadowing the intimate duets to come. In Íntimo‚ Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca utilized opposition to explore the inner workings of relationships within flamenco; throughout the performance‚ Barrio’s interactions with other company members held elements of struggle or resistance. Early on‚ dancer Soledad Barrio performed a passionate duet with guitarist Salva De María that explored an important element of flamenco: the
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Ashir Mirza 4/23/2012 LST 303 The class has broadened my thinking process quite a bit now since the beginning of class. The Oral presentation on gentrification in El barrio has changed my outlook on how communities in the united states are being manipulated to change because of the area they live in and how that area is in need of change but not for the betterment of the people that live in that community but for the investors and other people that are trying to move in to change the demographics
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another is one of the lessons “El Tonto del Barrio” illustrates to the readers through the protagonist of the story‚ Romero Estrado. The story begins describing with very specific details the life of “El Cotorro” or Romero. Mr. Armas continues the story inviting all of the people from “El Barrio” to come along in the story to show their influence in the life of Romero. Summarizing what happens in the story‚ Mr. Romero seems to be the happiest person from el Barrio. He always whistles joyfully and sings
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