(ID) Spanish

One of my favorite classes is Spanish. I like Spanish because there are a lot of my friends and Spanish is fun to do. I also like Spanish because it is the last class of the day. I like Spanish because we learn a new language and do fun activities. We listen to stories and if we have questions about words our teacher tells us what they are or what they mean. We normally work with the same words until we master them. It is very hard not to pass Spanish because it is so fun. The only way you can fail is if you don’t pay attention. I like Spanish because I have lots of friends in that class. Most of the time when the teacher isn’t talking it’s like a rivalry with my friends and I. We are always back and forth to get the each other in a story in front of the class. We also have a very good teacher that is very dedicated to us and school. She told us the only day she would be gone is if she had a meeting or someone in her family had something bad happen to them. We also go the other classes to sing songs we have learned in Spanish. Today we Skyped her family in Spain. We asked then questions and we sang to then an English song then they sung is a song in Spanish. Over all I think Spanish is my favorite class.

Offensive Sports Names and Mascots

Is it offensive to have Native American Mascots? I personally don’t think that Native American Mascots are offensive. I don’t think there offensive because they are just a name. I would think that their names are offensive if there were doing offensive things like sphering things or other things to mimic the Native Americans. If people called other people names like ‘Red Skin’ or ‘Black Skin’ then I would think they should change the name. Also if their logos or jerseys were offensive then they should change their names. I’m sure the fans of the Redskins, Braves and Indians are fine with their team names. Also FSU (Florida State University) Seminoles don’t mean to harm Native Americans. I think they should do a vote not for everyone just Native Americans. If names were so bad there wouldn’t be Billikens, Vandals, Ragin’ Cajuns, Trojans, and Hookies to name a few. If there is no harm then why should people change it? When you hear someone talk about a sport and say ‘Redskins’ or Braves’ it’s not in a bad way it’s just the name. People have called them the Redskins since 1932. To me it’s funny how the redskins name became offensive just now. Although people think the name may be offensive really it’s just a name. I personally don’t think they are bad.  Check it out here: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/is-it-offensive-for-sports-teams-to-use-native-american-names-and-mascots/?_r=1