Jean-Baptiste de La Salle I enrolled in this class‚ Lasallian Philosophy on Education I had no idea who St. La Salle was. Reading about him amazes me‚ his involvement in education was almost by accident‚ without ever consciously setting out to do so. He lived in a time when society was characterized by great disparity between the rich and the poor. Jean Baptiste de la Salle believed that education gave hope and opportunity for people to lead better lives of dignity and freedom. St. Jean Baptiste de la
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I‚ Lizbeth De La Cruz will be going to college. I have made this decision because I believe that getting a higher education opens up your mind a lot more. Everything you learn in elementary‚ high school‚ and college contradicts each other. I want to learn more‚ open my mind and soul to all this higher power/knowledge that I yet have to learn. I want to go to California State University Stanislaus. I will start small by going to the library there‚ reading and writing as much as I possibly can to expand
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Christianity worsened. In particular‚ Las Casas shares the story of a native lord named Hatuey set to execution for escaping the Spanish. Knowing the Spanish were Christian and sought Heaven in the afterlife‚ Hatuey told the friar at the execution that he desired to go to Hell. Of course‚ when reading about the many cruelties the native inhabitants suffered at the hands of the Spaniards‚ I understand Las Casas hoped to end these exploits with his writings. At some point‚ after Las Casas provided a copy of his
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Each year my family celebrates El Dia de Los Muertos and Thanksgiving in November. December we celebrate El Dia de la Virgen‚ Christmas. In January we celebrate new years and the three kings. They way we celebrate El Día de Los Muertos is by making a shrine to all the loved ones that passed away. We put food for the shrine and we pray for them. This tradition is a religious in a way because we pray for the people that passes away. Another thing that we celebrate in November is Thanksgiving. In
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La Rondalla de Saltillo Concert Report La Rondalla de Saltillo‚ University Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro in Saltillo (UAAAN) is a musical organization of university students. In November 2009‚ turns 43 years old. This rondalla was released in November 1966 in the capital of Coahuila‚ in the city of Saltillo‚ where it takes its name. I saw this musical grouping in Michoacán‚ while they were on tour for Mexico‚ in Plaza De Armas a cultural place in that state. They play very good they are five
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El Día de los Muertos or The Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration were people remember those who have died. They usually do this by making/buying special foods for the sprit‚ making toys and things for them‚ and by surrounding pictures of the person who have passed with flowers. The Two Segments: Well‚ two of the many traditions of Day of the Dead are that big loafs of bread that are call Pan de Muerto‚ are made just for The Day of the Dead. Another tradition is that on this holiday are‚ Calavera
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Indians are barbarians it does not necessarily follow that they are incapable…” (de Las Casas 3). In For the Record‚ it starts off right away in this section of how the Europeans while not sure of what to make of the Indians they knew that these were not the savages as some had described. De Las Casas goes on to describe of a people that were both loyal and committed to the community and to their fellow man. De Las Casas main adversary‚ Gines Sepulveda‚ failed to see the parallel in the fate of
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Bartolome de Las Casas was born around 1484 in Sevilla‚ Spain. He went to Granada in 1497 to be a soldier‚ but he ended up enrolling in the Sevilla cathedral in order to study Latin. He went to Hispaniola with the governor in 1502. He was given an Encomienda for his participation in multiple expeditions. He became a lay teacher of catechism and evangelized the natives. In 1512-1513‚ he became the first ordained priest in America. He received an allotment of Indian serfs after the conquest of Cuba
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Bartolomé de las Casas was born in 1474 in Seville‚ Spain and departed on July 17‚ 1566. In his lifetime he created a legacy that has been admired‚ analyzed‚ criticized‚ rationalized‚ despised‚ and idolized. Las Casas’ life shows us the extreme evilness and the extreme goodness of mankind. Bartolomé de Las Casas was of humble origin. He belonged to a rich family but have a soft heart having feelings for the ones who suffers from the Spanish conquest. During the Holy week‚ he had seen his first Indians
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Indians Bartolome de las Casas came to the Indies for the same reason as all the other conquistadors: money‚ fame‚ and gold. It is what he did and who he chose to become after the arrival that made him different from the others. He went through a great transformation and devoted his life fighting for equality of the natives. For this reason‚ I do not agree with the idea that Bartolome de las Casas was just as negative of an impact on the Natives’ lives as the worst conquistadors. When Las Casas first
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