Blog #3 A Single Story [a little late]

That women was smart, she saw what was going on around her and wanted to do something about it. We as teenagers are in such a rush all the time with schoolwork and social lives and work, that we don't notice things as much. When a judgement or a racsist comment flow so freely from the mouth, its hard to stop and see what were doing. I was really inspired by this video because she was right, the single story is dangerous, if humans continue to move about their daily lives thinking and believing such crude and ridiculous things like

"Americans are obese, gas guzzling, patriotic show-offs.", nothing good will come of it. This kind of thing happens at school all the time, kids jump to conclusions and believe every little rumor. We can help stop this by opening up our minds to the broad spectrum and not jump into believing everything so quickly.

Current Event (Spanish)

http://www.ihavenet.com/Latin-America-Colombia-Takes-a-Step-Back-From-United-States-AO.html

The columbian foriegn policy has shifted away from the U.S. and towards Venezuela with President Hugo Chavez. This concerns many because in the past we have had good relations with Columbia but a lot of Columbians believe that it had been one sided, that they've helped us but we haven't done anything for them. The trade deal with Columbia has yet to be passed by the U.S. Congress. While waiting on us, Columbian President Juan Manual Santos made several other trade agreements with different countries. Columbia and Venezeula have vowed to build stronger ties.

I was not aware that we even had trade relations with these people, let alone the fact that they are diminishing as the Congress still waits to decide to ratify the trade deal. I think it might be dangerous for Santos to be getting so close to Chavez while not even having visited Washington D.C. since his August election. This may eventually affect us, I don't know how important trade with this area is so I can't say for sure but it's probably not a good thing.

Katie's First Blog

el 2 febrero 2011

    This semester in Spanish 1, I hope to learn some Spanish and get an A. I don't particularly want to learn another language, but seeing as how its a graduation requirement for me, I have to be here. I plan on keeping my mind open even though I don't want to learn Spanish, so that maybe I can know what Hispanic people are saying around me in the future because their numbers are growing here in America. 
    As for blogging, its whatever for me. I've never had my own blog before because I usually just go on Facebook to talk to my friends and post my status. I don't see the need for a blog when there are many socially networking sites to communicate but it doesn't bother me to have a blog for class. I guess it's a good way for a class as a whole to communicate outside of school without using Facebook.