My Inspirational Blog Post: Gracias!

I wanted to wait until after today’s class to write my final blog post. I was waiting for inspiration because I have to admit that this last post is somewhat bittersweet and sentimental. The inspiration that I was looking for did not come when I thought it was going to come. I thought I would be immediately inspired by the “final episode” lecture and hop right on the internet to blog about it.

Although the lecture was extremely interesting and I especially liked learning about Padron’s unique endings, my true inspiration came when I was writing my course evaluation. Because my on-campus job primarily consists of typing up student evals for the UNIV courses, I normally do not write anything on teacher evals if given the opportunity. This is just because I know that students typically say the same thing over and over and I frankly empathize with the people who have to sit and type all of those up. However, I knew without a doubt that I was going to write today because even if all the comments are going to say the same thing, I guarantee its all good things. Those are my favorite evals to type, the positive ones, the ones where students love the teachers and feel that they have benefited from the class.

There was so much I wanted to say but just didn’t have the time or space on the page. This is the first class that I have taken that has been truly inspiring. I wanted to come to class each and every day and I was eager to absorb as much as humanly possible. I learned so much more than I expected to learn and that is so satisfying. I could come to class and simply listen and ask questions and take it all in because I loved the topic; not just the telenovela stories themselves but the impact they have on the culture, the viewers and the Latin American society as a whole. I would come home and share things I learned in class with my friends, roommates and family members. This is how I know that I was really learning, because I felt myself wanting to educate others around me. I wanted everyone I knew to love the class even if they were not taking it. Anyone who crossed my path that may have been in Grady or in Latin American Studies I felt compelled to tell them about my “Spanish soap opera class” and how they HAD to take it if they were given the opportunity. I am so happy to have had the experience of taking this class and I know that it will continue to have an impact on me. I have a renewed interest in the Spanish language and more importantly the culture. I can take so much away from this class and that is what makes it truly inspirational. So even though this is cheesy I would just like to thank you, Dr. A, for making this class one of the best I have ever taken and thanks to all the actors, writers, youtubers , message boarders and everyone else that furthered my learning experience!