Recently I had the honor to work at West Hills College Lemoore. I was a teacher assistant for their 5C Experience two week summer camp for 6th to 8th graders. The 5C's are "The Creative Cool Community College Camp." This camp has one goal, to plant the idea that college is in their future. Most of these kids are a part of local migrant programs. Many of them didn't speak English, a handful of them lived in a different country, and many of them would be first generation college goers within their family. It was amazing to see these students on a college campus eager to learn. They didn't let barriers weigh them down. And many people would look at these kids and because of the language barrier they would see them as incompetent. But at this camp these kids were so amazing. These kids were not dumb because they didn't speak English but once it was explained to them so that they could understand they were able to excel in their classes.
English is hard.
Why don't people get that? The only reason some people want others to learn English is so that it is easier for them. Countries all over the world have people who speak multiple languages.
Maybe instead of telling others they have to learn a new language, we try it for ourselves.
Take a look outside of your small country and look at all the amazing cultures and languages on this one earth.
Alright I'm done preaching at you but seriously those tweets and posts are annoying.
But here are so highlights from 5C :)
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