Personal Statement:
As the plane had taken off, I realized that many of my regular conveniences were soon to be left behind. The plane was headed to the Couhaique Balmaceda airport, located in the northern Patagonian region of Chile. My mission in Chile was to commit a six-month long mountain excursion with a group of fifteen other people. Throughout our mountaineering exploits, the group and I stopped at many campos pobladores and volunteered our labor in exchange to have the freedom to camp on their land. While we organized and cleaned up our gear for the next excursion. The farm stays are my most memorable experiences in Chile. I was humbled by the pobladores’ rigorous workdays and the intense cold and wet weather that they endured, happily. I valued the days that I spent speaking and working with the pobladores. The language that they spoke was a beautiful blend of the Spanish influenced Andalusia dialect mixed with the Quechua dialect of the indigenous peoples. In the beginning of my trip, it was difficult to recognize the different sounds and words of the Patagonian people, but as I spoke more, I learned more.
Simultaneously as I journeyed to Patagonia, I also embarked on a quest to learn Spanish. Before my trip, I didn’t know what a dialect was. I was intrigued by the different idioms of Spanish, and I was encouraged to learn them all.
In stride to further analyze the Spanish language I decided to join the school of World Languages and Cultures at CSUMB. I chose a Spanish major with a focus in linguistics so I could study the science of language through the Spanish perspective. I want to study Spanish linguistics so I can obtain the ability to learn other Latin based languages. I figure the more languages I know, the more relations I will have and the more people I can learn from. Language and understanding come hand in hand. Language is partly organized by reason and logic, in turn; language explains both logic and reason. A cultured person is a worldly person and a tolerant one. Empathy is a result of culture emersion. When one is immersed into a new culture, that person is consequently adopting a new way of life and is naturally wearing the shoes of a new world. Empathy is the intellectual imagining of someone else’s thoughts and feeling in order to better understand that person’s current position. Practicing empathy builds understanding; understanding creates reason and reasoning brings peace. Language connects us all; and everyone has the potential to love to learn. After graduation I will be a traveling teacher and learner and a free-lance musician and writer.
The Journey
Living everyday for what truly matters,
Each long stride up the lengthy forked ladders,
Bombarded by temptation and brain stimulation,
Lies beautiful variety of train stations.
Whichever path you choose to climb,
Will most definitely work out, in good time.
Remember along the way to listen to your soul,
To live and share your light to the full,
To love yourself and be aware of your skill,
And all your dreams you shall fulfill.
Love your neighbors and their diversity,
Even if they didn’t go to University,
Every person has a lesson to teach,
So lend a listening hand and reach.
Living everyday for what truly matters,
Each long stride up the lengthy forked ladders,
Bombarded by temptation and brain stimulation,
Lies beautiful variety of train stations.
Whichever path you choose to climb,
Will most definitely work out, in good time.
Love all,
Jonathan Chaparro
Link to Resume:
Jonathan_Chaparro_Resume.pdf
As the plane had taken off, I realized that many of my regular conveniences were soon to be left behind. The plane was headed to the Couhaique Balmaceda airport, located in the northern Patagonian region of Chile. My mission in Chile was to commit a six-month long mountain excursion with a group of fifteen other people. Throughout our mountaineering exploits, the group and I stopped at many campos pobladores and volunteered our labor in exchange to have the freedom to camp on their land. While we organized and cleaned up our gear for the next excursion. The farm stays are my most memorable experiences in Chile. I was humbled by the pobladores’ rigorous workdays and the intense cold and wet weather that they endured, happily. I valued the days that I spent speaking and working with the pobladores. The language that they spoke was a beautiful blend of the Spanish influenced Andalusia dialect mixed with the Quechua dialect of the indigenous peoples. In the beginning of my trip, it was difficult to recognize the different sounds and words of the Patagonian people, but as I spoke more, I learned more.
Simultaneously as I journeyed to Patagonia, I also embarked on a quest to learn Spanish. Before my trip, I didn’t know what a dialect was. I was intrigued by the different idioms of Spanish, and I was encouraged to learn them all.
In stride to further analyze the Spanish language I decided to join the school of World Languages and Cultures at CSUMB. I chose a Spanish major with a focus in linguistics so I could study the science of language through the Spanish perspective. I want to study Spanish linguistics so I can obtain the ability to learn other Latin based languages. I figure the more languages I know, the more relations I will have and the more people I can learn from. Language and understanding come hand in hand. Language is partly organized by reason and logic, in turn; language explains both logic and reason. A cultured person is a worldly person and a tolerant one. Empathy is a result of culture emersion. When one is immersed into a new culture, that person is consequently adopting a new way of life and is naturally wearing the shoes of a new world. Empathy is the intellectual imagining of someone else’s thoughts and feeling in order to better understand that person’s current position. Practicing empathy builds understanding; understanding creates reason and reasoning brings peace. Language connects us all; and everyone has the potential to love to learn. After graduation I will be a traveling teacher and learner and a free-lance musician and writer.
The Journey
Living everyday for what truly matters,
Each long stride up the lengthy forked ladders,
Bombarded by temptation and brain stimulation,
Lies beautiful variety of train stations.
Whichever path you choose to climb,
Will most definitely work out, in good time.
Remember along the way to listen to your soul,
To live and share your light to the full,
To love yourself and be aware of your skill,
And all your dreams you shall fulfill.
Love your neighbors and their diversity,
Even if they didn’t go to University,
Every person has a lesson to teach,
So lend a listening hand and reach.
Living everyday for what truly matters,
Each long stride up the lengthy forked ladders,
Bombarded by temptation and brain stimulation,
Lies beautiful variety of train stations.
Whichever path you choose to climb,
Will most definitely work out, in good time.
Love all,
Jonathan Chaparro
Link to Resume:
Jonathan_Chaparro_Resume.pdf