Aria

 For Blog #8, we read "Aria" by Richard Rodriquez. Rodriquez's writing talks about his childhood and how experienced language barriers. He connects the idea that because he spoke Spanish, he felt a closer connection to finishing his sense of belonging. He talks about the idea of being a native Spanish speaker in an English speaking school and how conversations differ among other things. 

Growing up as someone who only spoke English, I thought this piece of writing was a very interesting perspective that I have not yet explored. Reflecting on it, I thought that this writing was refreshing and gave me an insight as to what it would've been like in some one else's shoes and what is was like navigating all of that.

Being Bilingual In A Culture That Doesn't Understand It

For Rodriquez's article, I will be pulling quotes.

1. "At school, words were directed to a general audience of listeners... and the point was not self-expression alone but to make oneself understood by others." 

- I really liked this quote because he explains how he felt excluded and felt delayed because while his classmates were aware of what was going on, and he was blind trying to find his way.

2. "The family's quiet was partly due to the fact that, as we children learned more and more English, we shared fewer and fewer words with our parents. "

- I thought that this quote was important to include because I think it is crucial to talk about the barrier that is pushed and divides them.