Meghans Corner

    I found Richard Rodriguez’s story to be very interesting.  I liked how he showed the differences between his home and school lives.  I found it to be interesting how when sharing his thoughts about his school interests at home his parents felt threatened and humiliated when listening.  I disagree with him on the bilingual point of view although.  He says that, “..classes conducting Spanish will only reinforce Spanish-speaking students’ separteness from mainstream American life.”  I feel being bilingual is extremely important in todays world.  Our country keeps getting flooded with imigrants who speak spanish.  I feel it should be mandatory in all schools to teach kids other languages.  If it wasnt for my High School i wouldnt have got through my job.  Ive worked at the Watermill Catering Bussiness for almost 2 years now and everybody that works in the kitchen is Mexican so you must know atleast alittle spanish to get by in that place.

    Rodriguez insists that he isnt only writing about his own experience, but about more universal and general experiences as well.  He says that we are all changed and re-formed by education.  That we all move away from our past to some extent as we gain in our future.  I completely agree with Rodriguez.  You are brought up by your parents in the house so most of the time your influenced by their beliefs, values and opinions at a young age.  When you move your way through school you start to learn the facts about things and begin to gain your own opinion.  For instance with the presidents, as a kid i kinda just agreed with what my parents said and didnt have a care in the world to who our president was.  But as i grew older and learned the facts and truth about such things as our presidents i began to disagree with my parents.  I grew my own beliefs, my own morals and values and started to shy away from what my parents thought.