Hi
everyone!
Wow, I can't believe this class and my first year of
college are coming to an end! Like Professor Serrata suggested, I thought I
would write this final blog entry about my favorite parts of this semester.
One of my favorite days hands-down was the one day we
didn't do any classwork, and instead learned to dance! Learning to dance the
merengue, bachata, and salsa was really fun! Even though normally dancing is
completely out of my comfort zone (I went to two dances total in high school,
one of which was prom), I really enjoyed that day. The music was great,
our instructors were really nice, and Taylor and I were rockin’ dance partners.
Also, the experience was a great stress-reliever, as it kept my mind off the
three papers that I had to write that week.
Another
experience that I really enjoyed was our trip to Chicago. Lunch was absolutely
delicious (I think that this summer I’m going to have to make it a priority to
go down to Mexican Town in Detroit to get some more authentic food), but I wished
we had spent more time in the museum. Some of the art was really beautiful,
especially the painting of La Adelita (shown above), who my group and I actually
talk about in our final project! I would have liked to have spent more time in
the sections that our guide first talked about; I didn’t realize that everyone
was getting ready to leave until I came out of the exhibit about Mexico and the
Jewish Diaspora.
However,
I had plenty of time in the exhibit of the woman who painted this piece. All of
her work freaked me out a bit. (Like seriously, is that some kind of
dementor-cat??)
Other
parts of this class that I really enjoyed include: reading The Underdogs, Cecilia Valdés,
and any other fictional works. I love reading fiction for fun, and so reading
these works didn’t seem much like work. Perhaps this summer I’ll finish reading
Cecilia Valdés, even though I already
know how it ends!
Lastly,
I really enjoyed certain aspects of making our final project about folk songs
of the Mexican Revolution. Editing was a lot of fun, and so was finding lots of
cool old photos taken during the time period to use. What I loved most was the
music; I am completely obsessed with the song “La Adelita”:
I hope
you all have enjoyed this class as much as I have, and that you have a good
summer!
