Well it is almost midnight and I just finished my Research Methods test. I think I did very well and now at this late hour I am taking a break and going to blog. I have to pick up my house a little tonight because tomorrow I have to cram for my Spanish final that is on Thursday. Happy freakin birthday to me. What boggles me is that is we (Americans) go to another country like France, Spain, Germany even Mexico we give the respect to them of trying to speak their language although many times it comes across wrong but, we do give them that respect. Now being Hispanic or well being brown I will not say I am Hispanic because I think that I look more European and before the nose job I looked like an Arab but, I find it funny that I have to learn Spanish and have no choice when it comes to getting my degree. Yet, many people who speak Spanish that I run into can speak English but refuse to they speak Spanish to me like I am some kind of jaded son of a bitch. I speak English right back because I know that they know it or the would not of been able to buy the Lincon Navigator that they are driving and I know that the forms at the Government Aid offices are in English and they read those perfectly fine so my tax dollars can pay for their food. When I make too much not having a job and going to college and even if I wanted it I do not qualify for anything because I am not illegal and do not have a child. Now, we are America the land of dreams but, I think it is time that we are shown just a little respect the kind of respect that we show when in other countries. Just learn English it can not be that hard regardless of what they say if your are able to purchase that lovely Chanel purse from Neiman's yet can not afford food. I have to speak and learn your language so you know what. Learn mine.
Now, you can see that being raised by a white family I have no clue about the Spanish language and it frustrates me because out of every language that I can speak and read including: Russian,Latin,German,French. It takes me thirty minutes to figure out what form of the verb I have to use in what context while trying to remember if it is a trick verb that does not change according to gender etc...It just does not come naturally.
If you have ever seen Greater Tuna I proclaim myself to be Vera Carp and proud of it.
Lupe Alto!!
So you can imagine the fun I had at the garage sale that my mother and her friend put on. Yep you would of thought that I was a fluent Spanish speaking American. But what is funny is that if I was fluent in the kind of Spanish I am learning they could not understand me because they have merged English and Spanish creating a hybrid of the two languages. Which just makes you feel lovely. A sentence ends up sounding like this...i.e. Dawson como esta I haven't seen you in so long we should really have Cosmos the next time you are uptown in Dallas Aidos!
God grant me the serenity. To accept the things I can not change and to find a way to change them..No Me Gusta!!
Once again...Lupe Alto!!
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