1, An identity that I’m most proud of is my Latino side. It makes me different. I have another language that I can speak that most people can’t. I have a different culture and traditions from others. Also, the experience in my family only other Latino can relate to how Being Latino gives me a different view of life.
2. One thing that I learned is that Latino students being placed in a dual language outperform other Latino students in only English classes and the achievement gap is closing. Which I think is the best way they should be taught because of the overall success it has on these students and it gives the best program for the specific case and leads to more Latino students having higher education.
3. This video shows the difference between the pressure of being Latino in America and your family not wanting to show their Latino side but also dealing with the Latino saying you’re not Latino enough and you are just stuck between two sides. And the people in the video support that their parents did not want them to know the language and push them to speak English and not show their Latino side. I personally understand your parents wanting you to know English because my mom was the same but I could only speak Spanish at home because only a few people knew English at home so everything had to be said in Spanish so I was lucky in that case because I was learning two languages at the same time and I was never less Latino because I did not know the language because I did and I spoke it well.
2 thoughts on “Ryan Breton DB6”
As a monolingual person, it’s really cool to me that a person can have two entirely different languages in their brain haha. The pressure of having to both be your authentic self and also determine when it’s better/safer to keep it hidden is something I can relate to. It feels like a weird identity juggle!
Just like you I am bilingual and it was cool getting to see your latino side and how you live with your culture!