Spanish Club Update - 3/6/10

The Spanish Club has successfully realized its first activity, thanks to my planning and initiative! It's just great to see your research and organization actually pay off, even if it's something as simple as getting three people to go to a local event. Anyways, yesterday Miranda and I went to the International Day at Cape Cod Community College, which I blogged about in an earlier post. I was a bit too ambitious with plans for a trip to Boston, which fell through due to lack of time for preparation, but I was lucky to stumble across this event that took place right down the street! I'm just very happy that despite the small size of this club, we have actually been able to take advantage of one of the few manifestations of Spanish culture on this peninsula.

The International Day, being just that, had exhibitions from loads of different countries. There were only two Spanish-speaking countries represented, as I recall: Mexico and Peru. The Mexican room was rather pathetic, but the Peru booth was great. I love Peru, it is one of my favorite countries, and they have a rich culture and people. The people at the booth were speaking Spanish with each other, but Miranda and I were too nervous to practice our skills with them. Instead we eavesdropped a bit and explored some papers and trinkets on the Peru table. It made me fall even more in love with the country.

Then we watched a Peruvian performance in the auditorium. I felt the entire day was a great example of leaning outcome 6, issues of global importance. Learning about the countries and cultures of the world is essential for a broad and complete education. I tried to focus my attention on Peru. The Peruvian delegation did a power point highlighting the geography and traditions of Peru and even some of the countries around them (ex. the floaty islands in Bolivia). Some performers did dances and it was just great to see such a passionate manifestation of Peruvian culture. I must travel there someday.

This International Day also gave me inspiration to create a school-wide Spanish Day or Peruvian Day. Because of the small size of the Spanish Club, this would be difficult right now, but I hope that we can recruit some people and by next year I can plan and realize this event.