As I said in the beginning of the year, I decided to take this class in order to learn more about Latin America and understanding more about the country where my family comes from. I have to admit that I didn't know much before this year, but this class has given me a whole new perspective. It also stressed that fact that I learned nothing about Latin America in high school. We covered so many different topics in this class that it's hard to remember all of them, but I have to say that learning about the Cuban Revolution was my favorite (no surprise there).
I've come to understand that history, as well as literature, are confusing, constantly changing things. Throughout all of our discussions in class everyone had a different perspective about what they read or saw, and really emphasized that fact that point of view heavily impacts how a person sees something. Before this class, history had been presented to me as the U.S. always being right and doing things to protect the people, but it didn't happen that way. Through our discussions this year I have seen how perspective can change everything about a situation.
To conclude these blogs, I would just like to say this: we've finally made it. The end of the year. I have to say that I'm happy it's come, but only because that means the work is over. It has been the greatest experience to work with everyone involved in this class the entire year, both professors and students. We have created a great tight-knit community that is one of the best things about the honors college. I've made so many friends and had so many great experiences: learning new things, dancing, Chicago, and late-night paper-writing parties in Hills (why did we wait until the last paper?) are just a few of them. While all the work has made be want to scream at times, I have to say that I don't regret the choice to take this class at all To those who may choose to take this class in the future, I don't think you'll regret it either.
