Cse Reflective Narrative
Title of the course: Special Topics
Course number: SPAN 495
SPAN 495 Identify the MLO the course meets: MLO5
Course Description: Through the completion of a community project, students will demonstrate that they have actively immersed themselves in authentic Hispanic cultural and linguistic environments and have internalized the language and cultural experience, from which they have developed personal understanding and new perspectives of Hispanic communities. This course is taught in Spanish.
This semester I am taking SPAN 495, Special Topics focuses on the examination of the cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of the Chicano community in a historical and contemporary context. This course has been very thoughtful because we have to expose ourselves to the issues the Chicano community faces. Also, for this course, we were asked to explain and comprehend the purpose and significance of oral history projects and narratives. For example, an assignment we had to do for this course was to find two individuals who would want to show how it is to be raised with sexist beliefs. Since this is very common in the Chicano community, both of my participants came forward to share their experiences and if they adopted any of these practices that were implemented in their household when they were still living with their parents. This course has helped me a lot to put an end to sexism. I come from a Hispanic family but never really experience sexism, and hearing it from victims has motivated me to make a change by spreading awareness that no one should be treated in certain ways just for being a female. In addition, my classmates have also taught me some important lessons and provided me with useful tools like being more involved in the Chicano community and supporting them. Even though This class was synchronized it was very interesting and inspiring a learned a lot from every and each one of my classmates this was only by reading through the reflection we had to do every week some of these reflections and investigations really surprised me because it was like a read that we all made in a group and git to shred each one's experiences and the outcomes. Finally, I have analyzed this situation and come up with ideas to empower women. For example, we empower women by giving them a voice and supporting them in every way possible.
MLO 5 Final Narrative Draft - Google Docs
MLO 5 Final Narrative Draft - Google Docs