Hunger

This story was very interesting overall. It made me think about the past of when i first had come from Colombia and how different i felt everything when i got to this country. i had never seen streets and communities like the ones here. In a way i can relate to the way the young Latino students felt in the story. The story explained how there was going to be a great cultural Latino day at a school. All the students were very excited and made cultural posters, had cultural items, and also made cultural foods. There was also a story teller and a musician who's name was Nate. they had come to this event to share stories with the students and teach them many things. One being a little of his own culture and another lesson he was trying to teach was for the students to feel proud of their backgrounds and their heritage. As a young child its hard to feel normal around people that you are not accustomed to. The same feeling that the young children and the young adults experienced in the story i also felt when i was a child. all that one tries to do is blend in with society and feel like every other student. We feel like our culture is going to make us stand out and its not necessarily a bad thing but we feel like it might be when we are young. At the end of the story it explained how the students felt happy to share their culture and be proud of who they are. In my opinion cultural days like the one they had in the school are very helpful because they help us to learn about ourselves and be happy for who we are. It was a day like this in my second grade class that made me understand that to live in this country happily i didn't have to be like the other American students. i didn't have to hide the fact that i was Colombian because it didn't make me feel less of a person. its situations like the one in the book that makes us recognize who we really are and helps us understand that being different is not bad at all and if it has to do with your Latino culture or anything that relates you should be proud of it.