For months, I have been preparing for my July 31 relocation to Mexico. I have read dozens of tourist review Web sites, encyclopedias, and other articles. I already feel familiar with Monterrey. Am I ready to fly away?
Umm…
There is just one problem.
I currently do not speak Spanish very well. Actually, I speak it better than I can comprehend it. That means that I have one-way conversations. I can talk to someone with hopes that they do not respond.
Of course, I do not really want this to happen when I arrive to the home of my host family. Nonetheless, after asking, ¿Cómo estan?, the subsequent question to them will be the following: ¿Hablan inglés?
My primary purpose for studying in Mexico is to learn the language and culture. However, if there are no English-speakers in the household, communication will be difficult and awkward for the first several weeks.
In spite of how long it takes, I will master the language and return home a Spanish-speaker with a newfound appreciation for Mexico.
No longer will Mexico simply be the land below our southern border. It will be the land of my other home…
…The land that has survived…
…And the land with people who have endured.
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