Jose Renteria Professor English 111 14 February 2013 Mexican and College Culture The word culture comes from the Latin “cultura” that means cultivation or improvement. It is the way that a person can improve through education‚ and ideals from other people. Nowadays‚ culture defines a group of people with the same interest and traditions. Mexican and college culture have many characteristics but the three more significant characteristics between the two cultures are values‚ beliefs‚ and important
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Basic Food – Introduction • Mexican food is a blend of Indian and Spanish influence; however‚ most Mexicans continue to eat more native foods such as corn‚ beans‚ and peppers. These foods are cheap and widely available. • Corn is the basis of the Mexican diet. It can be found in almost every meal‚ usually in the form of a tortilla‚ pictured here. Types of Basic Food • Basic foods in Mexico are tortillas‚ frijoles‚ chilies‚ guacamole‚ and salsa. • Tortillas are flatbreads that
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“Like Mexicans” signifies that although there are a lot of different races‚ there are a lot of similarities in each one. These similarities could be in economy because there are people living in poverty and living lavishly everywhere. There is also education and lack thereof because there are those with little to no education to those that are very well-educated just like Mexicans. The essay had the structure of comparison/contrast but there is also description/reflection. The author described
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Mexican and american food are both very different‚ but in ways very similar. American food is served in Mexico‚ but in America mexican food is also served a lot‚ it is just served very differently. The differences between the two countries food is actually extremely amazing. The similarities are only a few but very good points. In many different ways american foods and mexican food are very similar. The most common thing they share is that the food is unhealthy. They have lots of grease and lots
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In the text “Like Mexicans”‚ the author uses a unique way to compare and contrast different cultures‚ and the ones that he should and should not marry into. In the first paragraph he starts off with a flashback from his past‚ and talking to his grandmother about who he should and should not marry. The author goes into great detail with his childhood memories of what his mother and grandmother told him what he should do‚ and then skips to his present. In paragraph six‚ he says “But the woman I married
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Mexican Peso plummets after Trump won The Mexican peso has been a proxy for Trump’s presidential hopes‚ but it took a huge beating after Trump was announced the new US presidential-elect. From the minute US polls closed‚ the peso began to slide‚ eventually nose-diving to a record low‚ as the global forex market took in the news of the US election in real time. The currency dropped more than 12% against the US dollar‚ as investors began to wonder what would eventually happen to Mexico’s exports
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Mexican food is derived from a mix between Spanish and native indian gastronomy. The tremendous variety of food highlights the cultural diversity that exists in Mexico‚ as well as its history. Mexican food is one of the most known‚ as well as praised foods in the world due to their extravagance‚ flavour and variety of dishes. The Olmec’s where the first inhabitants of the country; and they utilized hunting and collective methods as means to obtain food. After them came the Mayans; whose major
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Title: Mexican Immigration Specific Purpose: To inform classmates on the causes and effects of Mexican immigration Thesis Statement: The causes of Mexican immigration is a combination of "push/pull" factors‚ where conditions in Mexico push them out and opportunity in the U.S. pulls them in‚ where they actually become an asset to the U.S. economy. INTRODUCTION: Attention-getting material: Imagine waking up everyday to hunger‚ hopelessness‚ and despair‚ knowing that you cannot do anything about
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The civil war during the revolution era was followed by eleven more years of sporadic uprisings and assassinations. Unlike other forms of populism‚ Mexican populism had to incorporate the population because they had mobilized to fight the Revolution. This resulted in the Cárdenas presidency‚ which was an era of union organizing‚ land
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Mexican American Article Review I feel that it is important in becoming an elementary teacher with special education that we study and teach about Mexican-American history and culture. The first article that I am going to talk is called‚ "Integrating Mexican-American History and Culture into Social Studies Classroom". The article talks about how Mexican-American are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States and also the least educated. The article also gives important information
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