FRIDAY THE 27TH OF JANUARY WE ALL MET FOR OUR MINI-RETREAT. IT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE. I FEEL THAT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT MY YOU GUYS MY PEERS AND THAT WE ALL ARE UNIQUE IN OUR OWN WAYS AND THAT WE ALL HERE LIKE I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE FOR THAT COMMON GOAL. SUCCESS. WE ARE A UNIQUE GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHAT BAYAN REPRESENTS AND WHAT WE SOUGHT TO DO. AS MR ARONSON AND MS ABUAN EXPLAINED WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SEVERAL ACTIVITIES TO GET THE WORD OUT MORE ABOUT FILIPINO STUDIES AND BROADEN PEOPLES VIEWS ABOUT FILIPINOS AND WHERE THEY COME FROM(OBVIOUSLY THE PHILIPPINES), AND WHAT THEIR CULTURAL VALUES ARE. I AM EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ON WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST.
GETTING BACK TO THE RETREAT THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID WERE AWESOME AND LIKE I MENTIONED IT HELPED US OPEN UP. I KNOW SOME OF YOU FELT LIKE OUTCASTS AND TRUST ME WE, THE VETS OF THE CLASS, FELT THE SAME WAY WITH ALL THESE NEW FACES. WE WERE SO ACCUSTOMED TO LAST SEMESTER'S PEOPLE. WE WERE TOGETHER FOR 5 DAYS WEEK. SO DONT FEEL LIKE OUTCASTS, OUTSIDERS BECAUSE YOU GUYS AREN'T. APPRECIATE THIS CLASS ENCOURAGE OTHERS IN LOWER ENGLISH CLASSES TO TAKE PART OF A LEARNING COMMUNITY, IT WILL LOOK GREAT IN THEIR RESUMES AND TRANSCRIPTS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER DUE LETS EMBARK IN OUR 'BARKADAS' AND WORK TOWARDS THAT COMMON GOAL THAT I CEASE TO EMPHASIZE.
P.S RHETORIC!!!
