Aria
Richard Rodriquez
I personally never faced the struggle Richard
faced as a child in or outside of school. My family and I only speak
English. I took French for three years in high school and it was the most
frustrating experience ever. Trying to understand and speak another language is
very difficult and at times frustrating especially when your not getting it, so
I could only imagine how he was feeling being forced to learn English. I know
its easier for a child to learn another language then a teenager/adult so
its great that he was learning it young but the way it made him feel was not so
great. When I read the article I couldn't help but feel bad for him. Everyone
in the household was learning more and more English and when his parents were
talking in Spanish and he walked in, they started talking in English. I felt
bad that his house didn't even feel like home. Home was his escape place, where
he could talk In just Spanish and feel comfortable. It all pushed him away and
I cant blame him.
I have mixed thoughts when it comes to this
subject. I feel like everyone living in America should know enough English
to get by and have a short conversation with someone. I feel like it would
be more beneficial and easier for everyone if everyone spoke English.
Same for another country. If I moved to DR, I cant expect
people to just adjust to me not speaking Spanish and they all have to learn
English for me. At some point, I'm going to have to learn Spanish fluently or
at least enough to get by. After reading this article I have a better
understanding of how someone who only speaks Spanish may feel trying to learn
English because that's the main language. I also don't feel like
someone who does not speak English should be forced to learn
English just because they live in America.
Link to the reading:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JcBFAuLc-0MW5DdnZyVnpGSHc/view
I completely agree with you, learning another language is very hard and fustrating. I took Spanish in High School and I am currently taking Spanish at RIC. Its beyond fustrating trying to learn all the voacb words in every section. In my school and my home the only language ever spoken was English.
ReplyDeleteI also took French in high school and struggled. I also grew up only speaking English. I felt bad for him as well. He felt like he was getting pushed away from his family due to Language. I couldn't even imagine the frustration and sadness he felt.
ReplyDeleteI took Spanish in high school and middle school and struggled to learn that so I felt bad for him as soon as I read the article. I can't imagine how stressful he must have felt.
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