INTEGRATIVE NARRATIVE
Hello, my name Jose Lopez and I have lived most of my life in Watsonville, California. I am a first-generation student and will fulfill my dream of graduating with my bachelor’s degree in World Language and Cultures in Spring 2020. This dream is not only my but my whole family since not many people have graduate from college in our family. Matter of fact there has been only one person and that person is my older brother. He graduated last year with bachelor’s degree. I want my parents to have another son that graduates with his bachelor’s degree because I want them to feel proud of us. I want them to see that all the sacrifices they did to give us a better life it has been worth every bit of it. Leaving their families in the search of the “American Dream” was worth it because they did what they believe was best for the family and it has been paying off. It has been a long journey, not an easy one but I have not given up and I am still fighting for our family dream. I want to end the chain were Hispanic families continue to work in the agricultural fields. I not saying it is not a good job, people are able to provide food for their families because of this job. The reason I want to end the chain of our family working in the fields is because it is a very demanding job for what they paid their employees. It is not worth it because I saw how my parents had to wake up very early before sunrise to head out to work. I did not see them much because they would come very late from work and tried and were not willing to spend more time with their sons because they would prefer to catch some rest before heading out to work the next day. I saw that and said to myself, I do not want to job that will take too much time away from my children if I ever end up having my own. I set up goal of earning myself an education to be able to provide for my family and have a better job so I could spend as much time with my family and not at work. I am striving for greatness.
With the courses I took while attending CSUMB it gave me the ability to achieve this goal and carve me slowly to the person I became to be and the impact it had in me. For instance, SPAN 301S was a course where we had to go help our community and learn from that experience. I think this is the best way to learn because it gave me the opportunity to learn while doing the work. I wish we had more courses like this. Another class that I feel that helped me personality was HCOM 345, this course helped me find my identity. It was about Chicanos and how they fought for so many rights we have in this time of life. I felt that I needed to take advantage of this because I could not let all that fighting, and protests made to fight for the right for people like me have this opportunity and that our parents could not because of the time they were living. For that reason, I felt that I need to take this opportunity and make the most of it and I had to give it all I had because nothing less would not be accepted. Now that I have accomplished my goal and see the work I put. I feel very good about myself because I know I gave it all I had till the last assignment and anything else I had to do. I never cheated on myself or on my professors because I appreciate every single person that had an impact in me. Now that I am done with my bachelor’s degree, I am ready for what life store for me.
Thank You to everyone in the World and Language Department.
With the courses I took while attending CSUMB it gave me the ability to achieve this goal and carve me slowly to the person I became to be and the impact it had in me. For instance, SPAN 301S was a course where we had to go help our community and learn from that experience. I think this is the best way to learn because it gave me the opportunity to learn while doing the work. I wish we had more courses like this. Another class that I feel that helped me personality was HCOM 345, this course helped me find my identity. It was about Chicanos and how they fought for so many rights we have in this time of life. I felt that I needed to take advantage of this because I could not let all that fighting, and protests made to fight for the right for people like me have this opportunity and that our parents could not because of the time they were living. For that reason, I felt that I need to take this opportunity and make the most of it and I had to give it all I had because nothing less would not be accepted. Now that I have accomplished my goal and see the work I put. I feel very good about myself because I know I gave it all I had till the last assignment and anything else I had to do. I never cheated on myself or on my professors because I appreciate every single person that had an impact in me. Now that I am done with my bachelor’s degree, I am ready for what life store for me.
Thank You to everyone in the World and Language Department.