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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Joe,
we should seriously work in compiling in some form all these testimonies. I am
always interested about people who decide to learn other languages, whatever
language they may choose. The more I teach or work with languages I realize
those of us who learn languages belong in an endangered group. In the community
college, today, even Spanish classes that used to be packed are losing numbers.
German is no longer taught. There are only two or three courses available in
Arabic. Japanese and Mandarin have one or two sections, not more than that. My
students they fall in two general categories. Those who see the importance of
learning languages but are caught up in the business of having someone teach
them and not learning it themselves. The other group is made of those who
realize -of course I want to be counted among this bunch- learning a language
involves a life endeavor, a daily effort made of heroic acts of loyalty to the
task. I have wanted to enroll in an Arabic class, for instance, since about a
month ago, and the possibilities are so few my project doesn't even seem
realistic, to anybody. The ones I have found are advanced, which tells me they
are geared for the children of Arabic speakers who want to recuperate what they
have lost. Believe it or not, the only online possibility I found came from </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Montana</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>State</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.
I frankly was appalled to learn the interest for Arabic in </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Montana</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
exceeded </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>San Diego</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>'s.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>As for <span class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span>...</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
Two years ago I found in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>San
Marcos</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, desperate to do something
more than work the fields for a minimum wage, a teacher/poet of <span
class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span>. I sent a wide invitation to form a group and come
up with a decent pay for him. IT would have amounted to a hundred to two
hundred dollars per person, per semester, even less, depending on how many
joined. I really thought at least ten people would show up, eager to learn. I
was too optimistic. Not one person showed up. Many responded, I must say. There
were plenty of good deeds and good excuses. Lack of time was number one. A lot
said they were not sure that they could give themselves two hours a week for as
long as they needed to learn "such a difficult" language. I asked the
teacher to stay put and be patient. I thought I needed to be more persuasive. I
offered to pitch in with a demo lesson so everyone would be happy and
motivated. I did schedule it, not a soul showed up. They wrote to me that
second time, and promised, provided I organized it on a weekend, to come next
time. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>End
result, the teacher got discouraged and never called again. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
have known two teachers who knew <span class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span> and could
share their knowledge practically. I tried signing up to go to <span
class=SpellE>Morelos</span>, to spend the summer. But I was told my children
could not come -at the time 5 and 7. The trip meant camping out and sleeping in
places they did not think appropriate for children. I know we would have loved
it but they did not think so. Maybe they thought we would be too picky. So all
the <span class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span> I have learned I have learned it pretty
much on my own. Almost like I <span class=GramE>learned</span> Latin, to keep
it in my box of treasures and share it once every life. I work both for the
Community College and for </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>San
Diego</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>State</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.
I have tried convincing them to teach <span class=SpellE>Náhuatl</span> and/or <span
class=SpellE>Purépecha</span> and find out if there is an interest. They
decline graciously my invitation. I have interviewed hundreds of workers from
Latin American Countries. I know there are a lot of Mayan speakers, <span
class=SpellE>Mixteco</span>, <span class=SpellE>Zapoteco</span>, and <span
class=SpellE>Purépecha</span>. It would be great if there could be a conscious
drive to show how these languages count and that it is important to spread and
document their existence. But often I find myself alone in thinking this way.
It would be nice to find a group in the </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>San
Diego</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> area of people who want to
become active speakers. If you have the said references send them to me. I
offer my place to start that circle. I will provide the coffee, the music, the
candles, the materials, the housekeeping, everything to do that. I have all the
books and materials you can possibly think, and I will start a group with as
many as another person for as long as it takes us both to recruit any one else.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Maria
Bolivar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>"We
don´t see things as they are,</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>We
see things as we are."</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'>Anais Nin</span></font><span
lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dr. María Dolores Bolívar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="mailto:MBOLIVAR@san.rr.com"><span lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX'>MBOLIVAR@san.rr.com</span></a></span></font><span lang=ES-MX
style='mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://geografiaserrantes.com/laruda/"><span lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:
ES-MX'>http://geografiaserrantes.com/laruda/</span></a></span></font><span
lang=ES-MX style='mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://geografiaserrantes.com/imaginomios/">http://geografiaserrantes.com/imaginomios/</a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><span
lang=FR style='mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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