MexEx 2006

Welcome to the CAS MexEx blog! We thirteen Berkeley High students and four fantastic teachers are in Morelia, Michoacán for three weeks, studying Spanish and learning how to be true media activists. We are working with ten Mexican students to create videos about various social issues, including the national elections on July 2. Please check this site daily for new updates. Click on the MexEx PHOTOS link on the right to access our pics.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

DeAndre's reactions

It’s been bad because people are staring at me hella much and cross frequencies (communication difficulties) between the Mexican kids and us. Today it was fine and we went to the little market place, and a guy stared me down which offended me hella much, it really pissed me off. After the market we went back to CCL, but I don’t understand anything they’re saying except for little words like house, etc. Galnadgee asked the teacher if everybody already went home to lunch, but I thought it meant we could go, so I stood up and my table said that was rude because the teacher was talking to me, but I didn’t know what he was saying. I only hear certain words. You don’t try to focus, but everybody focus differently. Even when I look them straight in the eye, I can’t understand. So I space off and I pay attention in my own way. And then I get mad at the group for telling me how to pay attention. I was angry and tired, and I’m mad at a lot of the CAS kids in the group because of stuff that has been happening like how they say things and how they don’t understand me. Hostile situations on the down low with some of the CAS kids. So I’m just not going to say anything because something bad is going to come out of it. But everything is fine with my family.

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