JOURNAL
DATE: APRIL 1st ,2009
BY
DICK GREGORY
1.CHART
UNKNOWN WORDS
MEANING
WIPE
BORRAR
NAPPY
POKE
EMPUJÒN
RUB
FROTAR
PAIL
VALDE
SQUIRMED
DAR MUCHA PENA
ALLEY
CALLEJÒN
WELFARE
BIENESTAR
MACKINAW
NOSTRILS
A THICK HEAVY WOOLEN CLOTH,
USUALLY WITH A PLAID DESIGN
VENATANAS DE LA NARIZ
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCE A SITUATION LIKE THIS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEACHER’S ATTITUDE, IS IT ACCEPTABLE?
“I NEVER LEARNED HATE AT HOME OR SHAME. I HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR THAT”
“IT WAS ON A THURSDAY. I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, IN A SEAT WITH A
CHALK CIRCLE DRAWN AROUND IT. THE IDIOT’S SEAT THE TROUBLEMAKER’S SEAT”
“TEACHERS WERE NEVER INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT THAT COULDDN’T
CONCENTRATE BECAUSE YOU WERE SO HUNGRY, BECAUSE YOU HADN’T HAD ANY
BREAKFAST. ALL YOU COULD THINK WAS NOONTIME, WOULD IT EVER COME?”
“HELEN TUCKER TURNED AROUN, HER EYES FULL OF TEARS.SHE FELT SORRY FOR ME
THEN I COULDN’T SEE HER TOO WELL BECAUSE I WAS CRYING TOO”
“NOW THERE WAS SHAME EVERYWHERE. IT SEEMES LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD HAD
BEEN INSIDE THAT CLASSROOM, EVERYONE HAD HEARD WHAT TEACHER HAD SAID,
EVERYONE HAD TURNED AROUND AND FELT SORRY FOR ME”
PERSONAL OPINION
WELL FOR ME THIS READING WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE, THE AUTHOR WANTS
THE READER GET INVOLVED WITH HIS LIFE , HE GIVE US THE CHANCE TO KNOW HOW
WAS HIS CHILHOOD, HOW HE LIVED SEVERAL YEARS WITH THAT EPPISODE THAT LET
A MARK IN HIS LIFE.
I CAN SAY THAT “SHAME” ALSO SHOW US ONE INTRESTING TOPIC AND IT IS HOW THE
TEACHERS CAN INFLUENCE STUDENTS IN A BAD WAY, IF WE GO DEEP INSIDE THE
READING WE WILL FIND THAT THERE GOES BEYOND, MAYBE THE TEACHER SAYS
STRONG WORDS WITHOUT KNOWING HOW DAMAGING CAN BE, THIS LITTLE BOY GETS
HURT FOR TH NEXT TWENTY YEARS. WHEN I WAS READING THIS MANY MEMORIES
CAME TO MY MIND, SCHOOL MEMORIES
EVERYONE HAS LIVED A MOMENT FULL OF SHAME…
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, WHEN WHAT THE FIRST THING THAT I READ WAS
THE STORY’S TITLE “SHAME”, MANY THINGS CAME TO MY MIND, BUT ANY OF THEM
MATCH WITH THE ESSENCE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A
LOVE STORY RELATED TO PERJUDICES.
WHEN I SAY THAT IT IS BEAUTIFUL IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY
HURT FOR WRITING ABOUT AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED TO YOU YEARS AGO. I WANT
TO SAY THAT THIS STORY BRINGS US SEVERAL QUESTIONS, BUT THERE IS ONE THAT
CALLS MY ENTIRE ATTENTION AND IT IS HOW MUCH CAN A TEACHER HURT HIS /HER
STUDENTS BY SAYING SOMETHING WITHOUT MEASURE THE INTENSITY OF IT? AND IT
IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT TEACHERS ARE SUPPOSED TO TEACH GOOD
THINGS, TO TREAT STUDENTS PROPERLY, THE TEACHER IS THE MODEL FOR HIS/HER
STUDENTS, SAYING THIS I THINK THAT MANY OF US, HAS IGNORED THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING A GOOD TEACHER, IT IMPLIES A LOT OF THINGS BUT ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT IS TO BEAR IN MIND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF TEACHING
IS NOT THE TEACHER IT IS THE STUDENT.
BUT I THINK THAT EVERYONE HAS LIVED A MOMENT FULL OF SHAME…MOST OF THE
TIMES AT SCHOOL AND IT TEND TO BE IN THE CHILDHOOD, I LIVED SEVERAL MOMENTS
AT THAT TIME, BUT MAYBE THERE IS ONE THAT WILL BE FOR A LONG TIME IN MY MIND;
THERE IS AN SPECIAL EPPISODE OF MY CHILDHOOD BASICALLY AT PRIMARY SCHOOL
THAT REALLY LET A BIG MARK IN MY LIFE, AND IT WAS A KIND OF PUNISHMENT FOR
BAD BEHAVIOR AND THE TEACHER MADE YOU GO IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS
AND PUT A DIAPER ON YOU AND SHE SAID SO NOW WE’VE GOT A BABY IN THE CLASS!!
IT WAS SO SHAMEFUL I WANTED TO CRY AND I DIDN’T WANT TO COME BACK TO
SCHOOL EVER, THE LAUGHS OF MY CLASSMATES WERE IN MY MIND, THIS MAYBE IS
ONE OF THE CAUSES OF MY TIMIDITY AND LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE.
AS HUMAN BEINGS WE CAN MAKE MISTAKES IT IS NATURAL BUT I THINK THAT WE
HAVE TO MEASURE THE THINGS WE ARE INTENDED TO DO OR SAY BECAUSE WE
DON’T KNOW WHO WILL GET HURT WITH IT.
NEIVA MARCH 31,2009