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Human Trafficking, a story that never ends…

 

Why does this continue? Will this ever end? Why does this happen? Is it for greed or do the Traffickers do this to feel superior? What are the reasons behind this? Is there a way to stop this?

         Human Trafficking is not just making people work in farms, orchards and factories; Human Trafficking puts women and children into prostitution. These people are sold into sex trafficking and their scared because they know that the place that they are being taken to is not going to make them happy.

         These children, women and men who become Victims are forced to work and are tortured if they slow down. They are even raped and treated like trash. This is beyond Human Understanding of why captors would do this. What is it that makes them think this?

         Human and Sex Trafficking is an underground trade. What I mean by that is that the underground is like a black market, it’s all done in secrecy. I found out that women that are aggressive towards their Captors are treated work while does their “work”. There is an interesting Blog Post I found that talks about not just women in Sex and Human Trafficking but men too. The comments show what people think about Human and Sex Trafficking. 

​Before

•  What will be your topic of conversation be? 

La tomitina y San fermines.

•  What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

 - Do you know what La tomitina is?

 - Do you know what San fermines is?

 - Have you ever been to either of them?

 - What kind of people go?

 - What is the atmosphere of the event?

•  What are you looking forward to about this conversation? 

I'm looking forward to learning about these events from a local. It will be interesting because from what I know these are mostly tourists events. 

•  What are you nervous about? 

I'm nervous about finding someone who has attended these events or even knows what they are. 

After:

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person? 

I spoke to Antonio, 19, from Spain. I didn't choose to talk to him. He started a conversation and it worked out. 

• What did you learn about them? 

I learned that he is a student and he knows of these events but has never attended. He wants to go but he can't afford it. 

• How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal? 

It helped me because I learned about these events and Antonio also helped me with my grammar a little bit. It helped become a better spanish speaker in general. 

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? 

I learned about la tomitina and san fermines. 

• What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again) 

I should make sure I check my grammar before I send a message. I continue to make simple and silly  mistakes. 

Conversation Question: What is the daily life a person living in your country like?


Pre-Conversation:

•  What will be your topic of conversation be?

I will try to find out what a typical day in the life of a person living in their country is like. I will inquire about what time people usually go to work, eat lunch and dinner. I also want to know what people do on their weekends.

•  What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

1. What time you wake up and you go to bed?

2. What time do you eat lunch?

3. When do you have work?

4. Do you go to church on Sundays?

5. What do you do for fun on the weekends?

6. How are the current economic problems affecting people you know?

•  What are you looking forward to about this conversation?

I am looking forward to having a long, sustained conversation because I have so many questions to get answered. I am also looking to share things about the United States, especially Philadelphia, with the person I talk to.

•  What are you nervous about?

I have gotten so used to sharedtalk that I am not nervous about anything. I am only feeling excited to get the conversation started because I have an interesting conversation question that I can't wait to get answered.

This time my mom and me talked about when we went hiking in Guatemala.  

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I spoke to the same person I talked to last time. I learned a few new ways to say goodbye in Spanish. I wanted to learn how to say goodbye in new ways just to expand my own vocabulary. This conversation was definitely much better than other ones.  I think I made my point pretty clear. I wish that I had asked him more about if there is a type of social divide due to the way one sys goodbye. 

​My partner's name was Johnny from Colombia. We spoke in Spanish over video chat and he also spoke English very well, so if I had a question I would send it to him over a text chat. We did drills of conjugation and he also spoke to me about the culture in Colombia. I was having problems with saying things in the future tense when I would mean the past tense. I was happy because Johnny knew a lot of English and assisted me regularly. At some

What did you learn about your partner? 

I learned that Johnny lives in Colombia and is still in college studying computer engineering. He lives in a dorm and enjoys hanging out with his friends, hiking, playing guitar and drinking wine. Johnny also sent me a remake of the Black Eyed Peas song "I got A Feeling" it was really good, and I enjoyed listening to his music.

What did you learn from them?

I learned that a lot of the music that I listen to in America they listen to as well. The thing is that I think the music takes a little while longer to get to them. I also learned how to conjugate irregular verbs in the future, present and past. I also learned about the culture of Colombia, many of the people are huge fans of Shakira.

What did you learn about yourself?

I learned that when I begin to screw up a bit, I mess up things that I already know because I get nervous. I also learned that I need to relax and not take things so seriously when I'm speaking and if I make a mistake it's okay.

What were you surprised about?

I was surprised that we had such a long conversation but I was also glad that we got the opportunity to talk and that he agreed to help me out.

What are you proud of?

I'm proud that I was able to hold a conversation in Spanish for a good amount of time.

1)Tiene un cama

2) Hay un espojo

3) Hay una chica loca a veces

4) Hay una silla

5) Hay una manta

6) Hay una ventana

Pre- Conversation:

What are you looking forward:
I am looking forward to just doings what I usually do: talking as naturally as I can.



Post Conversation:

So I spoke with a guy from Spain, named Javi.

He also recommended me to this site.

1) Tiene dos las escarles.

2) Hay pequena cuarto.

3) Tiene baño pequeno.

4) No tiene garaje.

5) No tiene espejo en el baño.

6) Tiene grande sótano.

This week was about responding right away. With out being able to have to think or re-read the spanish and just comprehending it. Since it was this my partner, Isa and I just had a conversation. I happen to be seeing her this weekend so we kind of talked about that. (All in spanish, of course!) I thought it was going to be hard, but I learned that I do know more spanish than i thought and that I actually can have a back and forth conversation with out taking forever to reply. It was really excting to know that I could do that because I came in with low expectations because of my thoughts and came out of this conversation with high expectations. My partner Isa was proud we were having a back and forth conversation with out me taking FOREVER to reply and her just sitting there. It was good to know that I can have a normal conversation in spanish! :)

1.) El bano es muy pequeño
2.) Mi casa es muy pequeño
3.) No tele y sofa.
4.) No tiene sala de estar.
5.) La cocina es grande.
6.) Mi dormitorio es muy pequeno.

1. El jardín es muy grande 2. Dos habitacións es pequeño 3. Un sofá en la casa 4. el guardarropas es grande 5. Tres laventanas 6. Hay cocina y comedor es muy muy pequeño

For this week, I choose to focus on the political system of my partner's country. My interest in their political system came from a discussion me and one of my peers, Jacob Lotkowski had on political theory. The talk brought upon thoughts of how political systems work in other countries. I decided I would use my resources for this project to establish the question of "Que es gobierno como?" For this question, I established five questions to answer this question:

en tú país, político sistema como?
cuando ley ridículo?
intersección entre governo y religión?
Es ahí algo como US senate?
Defectos en tú politico sistema?

The person I met is from Colombia, and her name is Violeta. I met her through Sharedtalk, which I will be using for now on to answer my essential questions for this project. Talking to Violeta, there was a lot of miscommunications and understandings. Some of my questions she wasn't able to understand very, as I wasn't able to word them well enough. Some of the answers I received were a vague and without an actual answer, such as the fourth question that I asked. I didn't get very much of an answer with that, as I don't think my parker was very prepared to answer the questions that I asked. It was pretty difficult to talk to her, as she wouldn't talk back to me in spanish when I would ask a question in spanish. I was able to find out a few small things though, which allowed me to research them and find out more. I found out that Ley Lleras was a bill that would affect how content was shared and downloaded, similar to the recent bills which were trying to be passed here. I also found out that Colombia has similar to the United States in structure of government, as they both have presidents.
    My final question was never answered, but I understand how Colombia's government functions from this.  This was my first time using Sharedtalk for conversation, and I enjoyed it much more than I did live mocha, or using friends of mine. With Sharedtalk it was so much quicker to find people to talk to, as I had several conversation request (I know, I'm quite popular) while I was talking to Violeta. For my final entry, I'm certainly using shared talk, as it was less of a headache than the other outlets of communication I had.

Some Political terms in Spanish:
la política
político
gobierno
constitución
ciudadano
derechos
presidente
congreso
senado
diputado
senador
gobernador
votar
el voto
la elección
elegido
campaña
partido
encuesta
republicanos
demócratas
independientes
derechista
izquierdista
conservador
liberal
debate
candidato/nominee
delegado
colegio electoral
ideología
lobby

Conversation about Politics:

1) La cocina tiene mucho cabinas.

2) Hay un tele.

3) Hay no tiene nevera en la casa.

4) El baño es grande.

5) Hay dos pisos.

6) Hay tres sofas.

Rough Cut Film Festival 2012

at The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, PA)

Tues, June 5, 2012 (6-8:30 PM)

Rough Cut Productions proudly presents its first annual film festival showcasing student work from the past academic season. Varying in length and content, all of the films in the showcase make it abundantly clear that age is not pre-requisite for professional filmmaking.

The films included in this inaugural show run the gamut of storytelling via content, style and format, but all come back to skills honed through our video production courses.

Come to The Franklin for an evening of films that will entertain, provoke thought, inspire and most importantly celebrate the amazing work of these young artists.

A Q&A session with the filmmakers along with a reception will follow the film screenings. This event is free, and open to the SLA community and their guests. The Musser Theater has a 250 person capacity, so reserve your ticket early.

Go to our event page on EVENTBRITE to reserve your free ticket

Hay un carror en el Garaje. Hay una computerdora en el cuarto. la cama en el cuarto es grande. Hay una ventana en la sala. un perro en el jardin. la sofá en la sala es grande. la jardin es grande.

I spoke to Henry King from SharedTalk because he was kind of ok to speak to and wasn't a creep, like Mercader. He held up a conversation well. However, when he found out I was a noob and learning from strangers, he went Spanish grammar Nazi on me. 

I tried to speak as well as I could just to get my point across. I made mistakes by just throwing our random words that one would think would get my word across, but Henry K kept correcting me and I got frustrated. 

I guess my main mistake was mixing up similar words with one another, like "por" and "para."