current event #4

I think knowing how to speak more than one language fluently is great and very helpful this day in time. To learn a language that is not natural to you takes more brain power and makes you use more of your mind the common person would use making you smarter than them. In today's society, there are many foreign languages spoken in the United States from all over the would and the more you know can really help you anywhere you go. I find it that people from other countries think its funny to talk junk about Americans in their language. But if you know their language and can tell what their are saying, then its not so funny and you have out smarted them. I think the biggest reason i want to know how to speak Spanish is so I can talk to Spanish speakers and i know when they are talking junk about me, even if they don't!

About me

Me llamo Jesse Gates. Yo vivo en Clayton nc.Ser de micro nc. Yo esta diecisiete. Me gusta para ir a la playa y levantar pesos.

Current event #2

In Chile, student used desks and chairs to block the streets from police to a prestiges high school in chile's capital Friday. Students have been protesting by sit-in's, marches and strikes because of poor access to public education and privatization in education systems. Mayor of Providencia Cristian Labbe ordered police to remove protesting students from the Santiago municipality but back fired and caused an enlargement in distruction in the city's capital. Students say they will not back down until education is improved. Schools are now back in session with an increase in police presence with is causing an uproar. So far conditions have not improved since Labbe tried to shorten the school year for protesting students but he does not have the ability to alter the already poor conditions of the education systems.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/world/americas/chile-student-protest/index.html

Current event

Jesse Gates

In Clili, Fourteen out of the 23 Chilean coal miners that were trapped for up to 3 months under ground were awarded lifetime pensions. This is a monthly settlement given to the miners for risking their lives for the coal mines and is worth 540 American dollars. To help the jobless miners move forward from this tragic accident, the mining company has set the survivors up with good paying jobs that is less dangerous. Recovery hasn't been easy for the miners for most of them are on lots of medications but with new jobs and more monthly income, the path to recovery gets brighter every day   

El verano pasado

En el verano pasado yo vivo costa del mar. Yo come mucho grande hamburguesa y papas fritas. Yo
Nado en el mar.yo vive la playa en el verano. Yo vive pesca mi amigos en el verano.

About me

My name is Jesse Tyler Gates. I was born and raised in Selma north Carolina, and recently moved to Clayton about 2 years ago. I love to hunt and fish and be outdoors. I currently work for our family business laying concrete and interact with a lot of Hispanic co-workers who teach me a little everyday how to speak their language. After high school I hope to attend east Carolina university to study business management so I can help run the family business as my career.

Jesse's first blog entry

This semester in spanish ll, I hope to learn more of the spanish languge and how to speak more fluently to other spanish speakers than to learn about the country its self. I hope to pass spanish ll with a good grade so i will be able to get in a good collage. After high school i hope to attend east carolina university and major in business management. I honeslty hate blogging because ive never done it before but i still dont think its a very useful tool for me.