Spanish

Well another week means more stories… Firstly I was jamming to some of my rap music when my sister told me about a job opportunity for Spanish, (as she knows I am very good at Spanish because I was in it for three years) that my old Spanish teacher told her about.  Well I went and talked to the teacher about the position, and guess what? I got that position!  I am now a resource teacher for Freeland and Carrollton Middle schools in the Saginaw area.  I went into the Carrollton Middle school on Friday and the students seem to know a little Spanish, but definitely not much.  I wonder if I would be able to do what my Spanish teacher did for us and play songs that the kids can learn some Spanish words from the songs.  I really enjoyed that in Spanish class because I like music so much!  If I can ever find a way to incorporate Spanish into a lesson I’m sure I’ll find a way.  Some of the songs we listened to in Spanish were very sad when we translated them but the song was upbeat and sounded very happy.  It just goes to show that different cultures definitely have a different way of showing their feelings and thoughts.  We tend to tell people straight up what we think.  There really isn’t much middle ground, while in foreign countries, they often try and avoid the subject more.  We listened to some really interesting songs like Te Amo, Suerte, Rompe, and many others.  Spanish songs (and other foreign songs) are very interesting because it’s really cool to hear some of the “lingo” that they use in their country.  You really can learn a lot from a certain group of people by what kind of music they listen to.