Word: spanishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After yet another Spanish A class where you get fed up with being the only person who isn't actually a native speaker, it may be time to head over to the Freshmen Dean's or Senior Tutor's Office and, to use a Springerism, kick that course to the curb. That's right, it's the fifth Monday of the term, which means it's your last chance to add/drop a course or change your grading status. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Freshman Dean's Office, Senior Tutor's Office or 20 Garden Street, Room...
Peter, Paul and Mary fan? How about the beloved, late Woodie Guthrie? Argentina's Mercedes Sosa performs her unique brand of Spanish-language folk music tonight at Symphony Hall in Boston. Often compared to folk artists like Joan Baez, Sosa has endured political exile from Argentina, and her enchanting melodies echo these political struggles. 8:30 p.m., 301 Mass Ave in Boston (at Huntington Ave). Call Ticketmaster at 931-2000 or Symphony Charge at 266-1200. From...
...gets worse. A week later, I was browsing through the course catalog. Usually I comb the government department's course offerings and then skip all the way to sociology. Not this time. This time I stop at the Romance languages and decide right there to add Spanish A to my course load. Since then--and to my dismay--I've several times expressed a craving for some "real" Mexican food as opposed to "yo quiero Taco Bell." I've also looked at some Mexican literature and got interested in the history...
Others study Spanish, immigration or bilingual education out of academic interest, or because they have volunteered teaching English-as-a-Second-Language to eighth graders in East Los Angeles or because they realize over thirty percent of the U.S. population will speak Spanish by 2050. I suspected my reasons were less noble. And this suspicion, however slight, turned first to guilt but then to an important realization...
After much thought, I've discovered that learning Spanish and studying the history of Mexico are purely academic pursuits, not excuses to impress women. This girl piqued my interest in Mexican culture because she was Mexican herself, not so much because she talked about Mexico or Mexicans particularly. It was just that after meeting her, I recognized that even though Harvard has a healthy Latino population, as well as courses on Latin American culture, I knew nothing of that culture and sincerely wanted to learn. In other words, that girl was the alpha or the catalyst to my interest...