Tuesday Oct 2nd class

Tuesday's night class was a very good night.

Not only was it a beautiful night, but we went on a field trip to the market. I had not been in a market like this one before. It was so different from the stores I shop at. The store was very nice, they had items that I do not see in the big box markets I shop at. I bought a strawberry empanada. It was delicious. Nikol bought a salad/salsa that looked very tasty. I am going to have to meet one of my nieces at the market for lunch some Saturday and try something off the menu and get another empanada (maybe a pineapple one).

We did a report/reporter session. Nikol is my partner. When I asked her what she had experienced the last week, she was excited to tell me about the movie she watched on Friday night. It was called A Better life. She throughly enjoyed the movied even if it made her cry. I asked her to give me the high level plot of the story, which she did. It is a story about an illegal immigrant who wants a better life for his son. There are many trials and tribulations for him, but he finally finds a way to make it happen, only to have the hope dashed. While working to get the better life back, his son and him embark on a journey that brings them closer together. I asked how it ends; she did share it with me (I will not post it just in case you do not want to know. The end was sad and while sharing we both became emotional (yes those pesky tears). She said the movie really gave her a look at what people will go thru for their families.

After our field trip we went back to the classroom to discuss NAFTA. Working for a company that profits from NAFTA has me torn. Products my company produces in Mexico are brought back to the US and put into our warehouse in Indianna where we then sell the to customers all over the world. The price is better by having the manufacturing in Mexico, but does it help the Mexican people at all. I know that Donaldson is a good place to work here in the the US, I can only hope that the workers at Donaldson Mexico are treated as well.

I went to Adams school today for my next volunteer session, I will post more on that later.

I am looking forward to next week.


This is all for now.