THIS BEACH

SO WE HAVE THIS ASSIGNMENT FOR PD WERE WE HAVE TO WROTE OUR OWN OBITUARY.. MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN MS ABUAN GAVE US THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS "WHAT THE FUCK". I GUESS THE POINT OF THE ASSIGNMENT IS TO MAKE US REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT HERE IN THIS WORLD FOREVER, THAT ONE DAY SOONER OR LATER (HOPEFULLY LATER VERY LATER) WE WILL DIE. THIS ASSIGNMENT ALSO GIVES US THE IDEA THAT WE MUST LEAVE A LEGACY SO THAT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER US. I CAME ACROSS THIS POEM BY THE LATE AND GREAT OSCAR BROWN JR. TITLED THIS BEACH, ENJOY

WHERE HAVE I BEEN LATELY??

LATELY I HAVE BEEN IN CLASS BUT I HAVENT BEEN THERE ENTIRELY. PROBABLY BECAUSE AS THE SEMESTER AGES THE WORK KEEPS GETTING OVERWHELMING. IVE BEEN UP AND DOWN LATELY BUT NOTHING MAJOR. I AM COMFORTABLE IN THIS LEARNING COMMUNITY. I AM DESPERATE TO GET SOMETHING GOING IN MY LIFE. I FEEL THAT I HAVE WASTED TIME IN THE PAST BY NOT FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT STUFF, BUT THATS LIFE AND IVE LEARNED TO DEAL WITH IT. I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS CLASS AND TO BE ABLE TO MEET GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS CLASS. I KNOW THAT IN TALKING TO SOME OF MY CLASSMATES THEY TOO FEEL KIND OF THE SAME WAY AND THEY TOO FEEL OVERWHELMED. WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER TIL THE END. I HOPE THAT THIS DOESNT END AFTER THIS SEMESTER. LETS KEEP UP OUR HEADS UP AND CONTINUE TO DO WORK BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW ITS EITHER THAT OR FAIL.

YET ANOTHER POEM

THIS ONE IS CALLED WE ARE ONE FILIPINO. THIS IS A POEM ABOUT FILIPINO PRIDE. GREAT POEM BY THE WAY

def poetry jam performance by marlon unas esguerra

BROWSING THROUGH YOUTUBE I FOUND THIS OTHER POEM BY 2ND GENERATION FILIPINO-AMERICAN DJ/TEACHER/POET MARLON UNAS ESGUERRA
THIS POEM ALSO RELATES THE PREJUDICE, RACISM, AND BIAS AIMED TOWARDS ASIAN AMERICANS AND SPECIFICALLY FILIPINIO AMERICANS. THIS POEM TO SOME EXTENT ALSO RELATES THE CONCEPT OF HIYA.
ENJOY

THE LEARNING

IN WATCHING THE LEARNING THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE BRACERO PROGRAM OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND THE PROGRAM THESE TEACHERS ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN. THIS FILM SHOWS US THE UPS AND DOWNS THESE WOMEN FACE WHILE BEING IN A COUNTRY FOREIGN TO THEM. THIS ALSO SHOWS HOW THEY HAVE THAT DEBT (UTANG NG LOOB) TO THEIR FAMILIES..

WHERE ARE YOU FROM??

I WAS LOOKING AT POETRY AND FILIPINO AMERICAN WORKS FOR MY ESSAY AND I FOUND THIS POEM BY DANTE BASCO WHERE ARE YOU FROM
THIS POEM IS ABOUT THE OPPRESSION, RACISM, AND PREJUDICE THAT "MINORITIES" FACE IN THE BLUE COLLAR SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN. I FEEL THAT THIS POEM COULD BE INTERPRETED AS "HIYA" TO THE BLUE COLLAR SOCIETY
ENJOY,,

WELCOME TO MY BAYAN AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE..

Hi my name is Fernando Renteria, I am 24 years old this is my 6th year at Southwestern college. I have been on and off from due to bad decisions which I a hoping to correct with the help of my Bayan brothers and sisters. I am part of the bayan learning community at Southwestern College. We are a group of 25 students who are together for 5 days a week in two classes, english-114 and personal development-10. This learning community is awesome. In the 5 weeks that we have been together as a class I have met wonderful people and most importantly I have learned about the Filipino Culture. I think as a Mexican American I can relate to Filipinos because most of our cultural values come from Spanish colonization. Filipino and Mexican people are much alike in language, religion, and family and cultural values. I would like to welcome you to my BAYAN blog hope you enjoy, will be updating it frequently and adding more stuff. enjoy

Filipino congresman and world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao

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