Abstract In this paper, I will introduce a culture that I will research more about. I will review the languages and/or dialects spoken, as well as the nonverbal language and cues that I would need to be aware of. ... I chose to research the country of Mexico, as the culture that I wanted to learn more about because I am Mexican and can identify with the many things I love and respect about the culture. ... Mexican business relations are done in a particular way. ... There is also the way that Mexican leaders are viewed. ...

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Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. ... The Chronicle highlighted the high numbers of working-class Mexican-Americans while citing the low numbers of Mexican-American professionals. ... Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them as much [due to the language barrier]."" ... Martinez stated, "`The resolve to educate my chi...

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"It was extremely dangerous jumping out of a moving Mexican Police bus, but I knew that I had to do it, my family needed me. We lived in Guatemala at the time and drove through Mexico trying and reach the United States. My wife and I wanted a better life for our two kids. Trying to cross the Border I was arrested by the Mexican Police and detained. ... Everyone else had a different background, either from Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Peru or one of the many other countries in Central and South America. ...

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The difference of me from other immigrants that i had my childhood in china, teenager life in Mexico and become an adult in U.S. ... With these dialects I could communicate with everyone in china, but I did not took these dialects as a big deal until when I went to Mexico with the age 11. ... When I had free time I would stay in my house read and write Spanish, because I wanted no more satirize, no more unwelcome, no more compare. ... In Mexico people would take advantages from the people who did not know Spanish. ... Thanks to these translators to make our community and life more better and...

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My hometown in Mexico differs in many ways from my home here in America. ... The families in Mexico are very close. ... Americans on the other hand have to have things arranged and have a set schedule of what they want to do. ... In Mexico teenagers will go out with a big group and go dancing. ... I wish that American teenagers will be able to experience what I have had in this different community. ...

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Immigration has been an ongoing issue in the United States of America for a very long time mainly because of the shared borders with Mexico. ... The biggest influx of workers coming into this country is from Mexico. They find employment in agricultural work because it is one of the lowest paying jobs that most Americans do not want. ... This last one really surprised me because of the drug and gang related violence I have been reading about in the press about Mexico where the outlaws have total control over certain areas, towns and cities. ... As for the Canada-Mexico program, I am not at all ...

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Kingsolver says, "I'd caught up to other girls in social skills by that time, so I knew to pretend I was dumber than I was"(145). ... I thought that if I stayed away from Spanish, stereotypes would stay away from me"(438). ... She wanted to be able to call herself Latina and take pride in it. ... Soto states, "I considered my sister who had married Mexican. Cousins were dating Mexican. ...

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She felt complimented by people who did not refer to her as a Mexican. ... He wanted her to understand that Mexico was indeed beautiful and that she should not be offended by those comments so he sent her to Mexico for the summer. ... This made her want to learn the language and embrace her culture a little more. ... She wanted minorities to understand that it is okay to be viewed as different. ... I am happy that my parents did and that they were able to pass down some of those traditions, the language, and many other cultural aspects to me as I want to be able to pass them down to my dau...

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His parents never wanted him to do menial jobs as other Mexican-Americans could be seen doing. ... Richard's parents always told him they did not want him to do menial labor. ... They didn't want him to turn out to be just another Mexican construction worker. ... This made me think of some of the friends I have that are Mexican. I know a couple of people who were born in Mexico and moved here as a child. ...

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Being a Mexican-American growing up in a family of ten siblings with an English speaking father and a Spanish speaking mother was the best thing that ever happened to me. I loved living in the riches of two cultures, two languages, and absolutely relished celebrating Mexican and American customs and traditions all under one roof. ... I quickly learned, Spanish was not tolerated in my classroom, or school for that matter, and it was not long before I assimilated to the ways of our school system and learned that it was best to forget and dishonor my Mexican culture. ... I made it through my mi...

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More than 15,000 Spanish Peninsulares governed Mexico. The war for Independence started in 1810 by Miguel Hidalgo, a priest who wanted to revolt against the Peninsulares. ... In 1821 the Plan of Iguala declared the independence of Mexico. ... But instead Iturbide became Emperor Agustan I in 1822. Revolts against this empire soon began and in 1823 Agustan I resigned from the throne and the Mexican Empire became a republic once again, still divided and lacking a strong government. ...

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While the majority of the Hispanic population identifies themselves as Mexican-Americans, one of the fastest rising groups is the Puerto Rican population counting in at just fewer than ten percent (Current). Luckily, I have had the honor of becoming friends with members of this uprising group. ... I wanted to gather and document their thoughts on assimilation and how they identify themselves. ... When I asked Ms. ... She answered similarly when I asked how she identified herself. ...

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We can all sit around and complain all we want that they should be the ones learning our language, but the population is only going to increase, and it is going to become more difficult. ... That is why I feel that it should be crucial for the American K-12 education to start teaching children as much English as well Spanish from first entering grade school to graduating high school. I will be focusing on three main aspects on the importance of knowing a second language; where our country currently stands compared to other countries, why being bilingually disadvantaged is occurring, and the b...

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I believe her ability to adapt would make her a great employee. ... There are many things I would consider if Nohemy worked for me. ... Her mother is of Mexican dissent and came from a poor family. ... As a manager, I want everyone to succeed. ... As her manager, I would give strong signs of encouragement and show her how grateful I was to have her under my management. ...

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Out of these five, however, I believe that Simon Bolivar was the most influential for the following reasons: He assisted more countries than the others, he had a bigger following than any of the other five, and thirdly, his ideas of liberating slaves was radical for the time. ... Other liberators were known for freeing just one significant country, like how Toussaint L'Ouverture freed Haiti, Miguel Hidalgo freed Mexico, and Dom Pedro helped liberate Brazil. ... For this reason, I believed he helped a lot more than the others did, though each in their own way was influential. ... Accordin...

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When I came to this country, I was in an ESL class. ... They wanted me to have complete contact with the English language. ... Even though he studied English in Mexico, he doesn't have an adequate amount of "real" American education. ... I want to learn the English language as quickly as possible, and it will take a long time for me to do so. ... I compare cultures, but I don't offend them. ...

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The world has changed and travel is more common among other countries some of it is legal but there are rules to crossing borders and these rules are not always obeyed. finding out that there are more Spanish immigrants here illegally than any other kind would make people think that they need to cater to their language, this is a mistake as we should not have to be nice to people that jumped a fence to get here and want freedom and have the audacity to want us to learn their language to make it easy for them. 92% of the world's countries have at least one official language accordin...

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The world has changed and travel is more common among other countries some of it is legal but there are rules to crossing borders and these rules are not always obeyed. finding out that there are more Spanish immigrants here illegally than any other kind would make people think that they need to cater to their language, this is a mistake as we should not have to be nice to people that jumped a fence to get here and want freedom and have the audacity to want us to learn their language to make it easy for them. 92% of the world's countries have at least one official language accordin...

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Since the early years of the 19th century, many Americans had watched with sympathy the series of revolutions that ended Spanish authority throughout South America, Central America, and Mexico. ... I feel that this was all talk because the United States knew that the Philippines would make a good military base and because it has been under Spanish rule they rationalized that it was their duty to civilize the so-called backward races. ... If the United States was truly concerned with the well being of the citizens in the Philippians, then I don't think they would have gone into such a bru...

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My ancestors were also forbid to enter certain places with signs on the doors that read "No Mexicans Allowed." ... Changes in my community mean that now my ancestors are able shop at any store, and to live and work wherever they want to, or wherever is available. ... At first I really did not want to believe that it was racism or even discrimination until a football meeting that was held at our local Latino Chambers of Commerce. ... There are not as many inequities in my community as there are in other communities, so I think that is a big plus. ... I really don't think that I wou...

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It has always been known that possession of power leads to the want of more power. ... I started my research by gathering the things I already knew about this. ... Blaine. " "That rich island, the key to the Gulf Of Mexico, and the field to our most extended trade in the Western Hemisphere, is, though in the hands of Spain, a part of the American Commercial system. ... Marti knew that the U.S. simply wanted Cuba because it can bring about more wealth to America. ... The reason it was there was because it wanted to assure that the Dominican Republic would keep their ties with the U.S. ...

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