Text 8- Qué cosas dice mi abuela (Gender, culture)

   This book goes through a series of common phrases in the Spanish language. A boy is narrating the what the grandma does for him and his siblings and along with this he mentions all the popular sayings like " con el tiempo y la paciencia se adquiere la ciencia", something that a Latina Grandmother would say. He mentions that she wakes them up to go to school and helps his little brother put on his clothes. He then mentions that she helps him get on the bus. They get home from school and then she has the food ready fro them. She then helps them with homework and other tasks. And again, with all this, she is giving them advice along the way. 


Annotation: Galan, Ana, and Pablo Pino. ¡Que Cosas Dice Mi Abuela!: Dichos Y Refranes Sobre Los Buenos Modales. New York: Scholastic, 2011. Print.

T          This is a very simple book but I believe it has very important lessons from it. First students get to see the importance of women in the a Latino society where it is primarily patriarch-tic. Often times we have the idea that Latin American countries is like "macho land" and this is true but I believe that women play a very important role in the family and this book does a good job demonstrating the importance of women. Besides this, students also get to compare the difference of what their grandmother does for them in the United States or other countries and what grandmothers in Latin American countries do and believe in as well, something that my OSTE has told me that is crucial in doing. She told me that there was a standard that required this and bringing in books like this would be beneficial for them. I believe that sayings send an important message of what society believes in, in other parts of the world.