[hrap/mex] 5 more days until our journey
In the continuation of our preparation for Mexico, lots of ideas have been introduced to us. We've also expanded our vocabulary in Spanish. Nassim and Wing Mai want us to be very prepared for this trip. This is why they have established this first time in history- two week long training. Since we are here from about 9:30 until 4:30 we are learning tons of things specifically about Mexico. I absolutely love when we have guest speakers because they have a planned lesson for us that we usually relate to. On Wednesday RJ, a guest speaker, exposed the group to the Zapatistas in Mexico. We've learned so much about this group of people from Mexico. He went into detail about them people and their struggles for los derechos humanos (human rights). The Zapatista are a group of indigenous people in Mexico who fight for natural human rights through revolution. He showed us two videos about the Zapatistas that expressed how they deal with problems violently and nonviolently. it is amazing to continue to learn about Mexico, even in the last five days we have left.
