Spanish lessons through literature/creative writing: "clase n.6 primer acto"
Hola, mis amigos y amigas, do you want to know why little Diego's mother is unemployed? Did she choose to be a housewife or it were circumstances? Let's discover it/Vamos a descubrirlo:
EL DIARIO DE DIEGO: clase n.6 primer acto
Ahora, mis queridos amigos y amigas, por cierto, querrán saber por qué mi mamá no trabaja. Es verdad que nada tiene de malo ser ama de casa. Pero, en una situación como la nuestra, no nos vendría mal otro ingreso. Si solo pudiera, trabajaría yo para ayudar a mi familia. Sin embargo, como solo tengo nueve años, sería ilegal y mis padres podrían ser presos. Y mi abuela y mi hermana, hasta mi padre, se morirían de disgusto, pues quieren que estudie y no tenga un futuro igual al de mis padres. Si mi mamá no tiene empleo, es porque le faltan calificaciones, como nada más terminó la primaria. Nadie aquí quiere emplearte en esas condiciones: te consideran prácticamente analfabeto. Ya hace tiempo que la secundaria cesó de ser obligatoria en Argentina, como lo fue hasta finales del siglo XXV. Pero, mis amores, ya estamos en el siglo XXVI y, como saben de sobra, es todo un lío...
Dictionary:
INGRESO = INCOME
FUTURO = FUTURE
CALIFICACIÓN (s.)/CALIFICACIONES (pl.) = QUALIFICATION/S (in this context, it means diploma/s, graduation/s, etc.).
PRIMARIA = PRIMARY SCHOOL
ANALFABETO = ILLITERATE
SECUNDARIA = HIGH SCHOOL (in the Mexican variant, it's used the term PREPARATORIA, usually abbreviated with PREPA, so if you hear a Mexican talking about the PREPA, he/she means High School, seen as a preparation to attend the university and that's why the name PREPARATORIA).
SIGLO = CENTURY
Here the video-slide with the pronunciation:
I registered the pronunciation and added an image for the video-slide from Pixabay, among those can be freely used. You find it here:
https://pixabay.com/es/photos/cesto-de-la-ropa-descalzo-nostalgia-4521001/
Video-slide prepared with the free tools Slideshow Creator and ClipChamp default for Windows11.
Did you read the lesson and watched the video-slide? Very well, let's go now to see the English translation🤗:
DIEGO'S DIARY (=EL DIARIO DE DIEGO): lesson n.6 first act (=clase n.6 primer acto)
Now, my dear friends, by the way, you surely want to know why my mother doesn't work. It is true that there is nothing wrong with being a housewife. But, in a situation like ours, we would do better with another income. If only I could, I would work to help my family. However, as I'm only nine years old, it would be illegal and my parents could be imprisoned. And my grandmother and my sister, even my father, would die of displeasure, because they want me to study and not have a future like my parents'. If my mum doesn't have a job, it's because she lacks qualifications, as she only finished primary school. Nobody here wants to employ you under those conditions: they consider you practically illiterate. Secondary school has long since ceased to be compulsory in Argentina, as it was until the end of the 25th century. But, my beloved friends, we are already in the 26th century and, as you know too well, it's a mess...
Ps.: I needed to trim the Pixabay image to better fit this chapter, to give a better idea of little Diego's mother being at home to do any laundry, not in the street. Sorry cause the noise during the videoslide: it's notifications' fault, cause they came in the same mobile used to register the pronunciation, my Moto G10
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Hola. Me encantó tu clase.
Por lo menos hasta hace unos siglos atrás, en Venezuela, mi país, nos referimos a la secundaria como liceo o bachillerato.
En la Argentina, el bachillerato indica el ciclo orientado de la secundaria, lo que viene después de terminar el ciclo básico (común a todos los alumnos). Entonces, hay bachillerato en arte, lenguas, ciencias sociales, ciencias naturales, economía, etc., etc., etc. En España también se utiliza el término bachillerato, pero se le considera un ciclo de estudio postsecundario obligatorio (no universitario aún).
Ps.: gracias por apreciar mi clase