Reflection About Tulalip Get Together

            I had an amazing time with the Tulalip students and some of the professor that were there. I thank all of them because they made us feel very welcome and we had a great time. I talked with some of the Tulalip students and they seem very friendly and outgoing. It would be a good idea if we could do more of these events, that way we could all get to know each other and have better interaction. I also thank Miss Estelle to have us come to the event because it was great quality time.

            The discussion about the Sherman Alexie’s book was great and interesting. We were divided in discussion groups to share our thoughts about the book. There were many people with very good ideas and that made me think of aspects about the book that I never tough about. Some of the topics from the book of Sherman that we talked about were: How Junior used his comics to express himself and his feelings. That is very true Junior loved drawing comics so that way he could express to others the way he felt. We also talked about the education in the Tulalip Campus. Some of the teachers talked about how they wanted to help their students to get better grades in school. We talked about how alcohol is one of the biggest problems in their reservation and how Sherman Alexie brings that up in his book. They wanted to help young people in their reservation to overcame problems with any type of addiction like alcoholism.  Kohl talked about how the book of Sherman Alexie means a lot to them and he also thanked us for making the effort of coming to the Tulalip Casino for the discussion. I’d like to thank Kohl for being so nice with us and being a great person. I admire Kohl because he seems that he really wants better things for him and his reservation, keep up your great work Kohl.

We saw the movie “Smoke Signals” and it was great. This move is a very interesting movie and it had many different meanings. The main characters of this movie were Thomas and Victor; they were very interesting characters with different personalities and made me laugh a lot. Thomas was my favorite character; he just had his way of engaging people into his stories and he also had a good sense of humor. I really enjoyed the movie it was a good one. This movie helped me to appreciate the people that surround me. Also, it doesn’t matter how many mistakes our parents made in life; we have to forgive them because in the end they still love us and they want the better for us, besides we are all human and we make mistakes, there is not perfect parent.

            I had a good time at the Tulalip Casino and I wished more of our classmates were able to go. I thank all of the people from the Tulalip Campus for inviting us and I hope they can come to our campus some day too. I enjoy meeting new people and having a variety of friends from all over the world. Having friends from different ethnicities helps me to be more open-minded and learn new things from different regions as well as their needs.