Thursday, July 25, 2013

Andrade video response...


          This video made me think about that the government of this country should put more effort on the population's education. Because the education is an excellent way of warranty to a good future for this nation. People must be prepare to contribute to have a prospers country. Basically, I'm a foreign person, but this country received me with open arms, with a lot of opportunities which I don't want to waste them. It certainly is a double challenge for me, because English is my second language, but I don't want to be a deal breaker. I want to continue with my education because I already finished college in Mexico. What I'm trying to do is an equivalent to the degree that I got in my country, which is Informatics Systems. I want to go to San Jose State University, because they have the degree in Concentration in Management Information Systems, and they sent me here to this Community College to complete four transfers.

          Also this video make me think about my friends. I have a lot of Latino friends that they were brought to this country when they were only babies. They have been struggling with their education, because they didn't have a legal status to live in this country. Therefore, they did not have the same opportunities like others students. If we want some changes in the policies of the law of this country, we need to fight for it, like Thom Hartmann argues in the book The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, "Political parties can bring about such transformation only if we, in massive numbers, join them, embrace them, and ultimately gain a powerful and decisive voice in their policy-making and selection of candidates" p.343 Now, with the Dream Act singed for the president Obama, the possibilities of students without legal status changed, because they were making many campaigns to get this privilege. The other day, I found my friend Carlos Torres in the gym. He was very excited because he was just approved for the Dream Act. He showed me his driver's license with such happiness. I want to let you guys know that my friend Carlos is studying at UC Berkeley. No matter the legal situation of the people out there, there are pretty intelligent people, including the children brought to this country when they were only babies. Thom Hartmann says, "Kennedy challenged us to think of our children's future before own, to create change that could be lasting, to build a new world that could sustain itself and yet protect its valuable resources" p.139  Personally, I didn't have this problem, because I have my legal status. But of course, that situations like these, motivate me to take advantage of my situation, because I am pretty sure that many people still living in this country without this benefit.

         
Three questions I came up with reference to Andrade's video are:

Why the index of delinquency in Oakland is very high?
Do we have to let others start to do something about it?
What we can do for our community, for this country?




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