AU PAIR EDUCATION - ESSAY WH-2 / FIRST TOPIC

HW-2 / Part 1

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

During the classes on July 28-29th in Washington D.C we could experience seeing the memorial honoring the men and women who served in the controversial Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial chronologically lists the names of more than 58,000 Americans who gave their lives in service to their country.

It is an emotionally stirring memorial that pays tribute to the men and women who served in one of America's most controversial wars.

 The instructor commented that near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict. As also the references says , “the long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with all the soldiers’ names, it is arranged in order of death and also it has some Diamonds and other plus signals that tell us something special about them, it isn’t a rank, as was common in other memorials. The black stones reflect your face on them and give you the idea to “bring the past and present together with names”.

 As the instructor told as the designer of the memorial was Maya Lin, a Yale University architecture student who entered a nationwide competition to create a design for the monument, she got a B in those work, what was interesting once it is now a global memorial.

Lin, born in Ohio in 1959, was the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Many veterans’ groups were opposed to Lin’s winning design, which lacked a standard memorial’s heroic statues and stirring words. But a fact that is interesting is the memorial starts in the middle, in 1959, follow to the right and finishing reading from the left to the middle again. However, a remarkable shift in public opinion occurred in the months after the memorial’s dedication. Veterans and families of the dead walked the black reflective wall, seeking the names of their loved ones killed in the conflict. Once the name was located, visitors often made an etching or left a private offering, from notes and flowers to dog tags and cans of beer.

 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial soon became one of the most visited memorials in the nation’s capital, second the references. A Smithsonian Institution director called it “a community of feelings, almost a sacred precinct,” and a veteran declared that “it’s the parade we never got.” “The Wall” drew together both those who fought and those who marched against the war and served to promote national healing a decade after with the divisive conflict’s end.

 The memorial counts with eight women’s names as the instructor commented and second the references it was designed by Glenna Goodacre for the women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. Before Goodacre's design was selected, two design entries had been awarded as co-finalists - one a statue and the other a setting - however, the two designs were unable to be reconciled Glenna Goodacre's entry received an honorable mention in the contest and she was asked to submit a modified maquette (design model). Goodacre's original design for the Women's Memorial statue included a standing figure of a nurse holding a Vietnamese baby, which although not intended as such, was deemed a political statement, and it was asked that this is removed. She replaced them with a figure of a kneeling woman holding an empty helmet. On November 11, 1993, the Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated. There is a smaller replica of that memorial at Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in Angel Fire, New Mexico.

 Like the reference says it is located at 200 S. 9th Ave in Pensacola, FL the first permanent replica of the National Vietnam Memorial was unveiled on October 24, 1992. Now known as "Wall South," the half-size replica bears the names of all Americans killed or missing in Southeast Asia and is updated each Mother's Day with no difference about gender, nature or religion.

The resource shows us that It is the centerpiece of Veterans Memorial Park Pensacola, a five-and-one-half acre site overlooking Pensacola Bay, which also includes a World War I Memorial, a World War II Memorial, a Korean War Memorial, a Revolutionary War Memorial and a running series of plaques to honor local warriors who have fallen in the Global War on Terror. Like we can see there is also a Purple Heart Memorial, a Marine Corps Aviation Bell Tower and a monument to the submarine lifeguards who rescued Navy pilots in World War II. A Global War on Terror Memorial is planned to be completed in 2017 and will include an artifact from the World Trade Center as a component of the sculpture.

Located in Fox Park in Wildwood, New Jersey, The Wildwoods Vietnam Memorial Wall was unveiled and dedicated on May 29, 2010. The memorial wall is an almost half-size granite replica of the National Vietnam Memorial, and the only permanent memorial north of the nation's capital.

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Au Pair Education - Essay WH-1 / First Topic

Hello Guys,

In this post, I wanna share with you the essay I wrote for my education evaluation at the University of Virgin Islands in Washington DC.

It was mandatory and some of the complex once we need to read and understand about the American history. I'm sharing with you cause I think it can be useful for you that wanna know more about the US and its history.

WH-1 / First Topic[1] Part 1

US Embassy takeover in Tehran – The Iran Hostage Crisis

A dramatic way for some Iranian student revolutionaries to take a break with Iran’s past and also an end to the American Interference in its affairs, was given in the fall of 1979 (to be exactly on November 4th), when the U.S. Embassy  was stormed in Tehran and a total of 90 people was hostages, being 66 Americans. This episode changed the way of Amerian history.

It was the combination of the several decades of a relationship between The United States and Iran but the timeline for this crisis started in August 1953 with the U.S. Assists in Iran Coup D’ETAT when Mohammad Reza Shah, or for short The Shah, became a brutal dictator and whose his intimacy terrorized and tortured people in Iran. Second CNN website, In 1978 “Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots”.

The Iran history changed when in January 1979 The Shah Family left his country for “vacations” in Egypt but never returned. By the Spring, March 1979, that year a religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini takes the country power, which started The Iranian Revolution. He established a new form of government in the Islamic Republic, who showed no respect for the United States.

In April 1979 after following massive approval in a national referendum, the Islamic Republic of Iran was proclaimed.

After a cancer diagnostic, the Shah flew from Egypt to The United States for treatment. In those days the U.S. power was under President Jimmy’s hands and after some pressure for his committee, the President allowed Shah to enter in the country.

Afterward, the hostage-taking was much about more than Iran’s ex-President medical care, when he arrived on October 1979 at New York Hospital, the Iranian student revolutionaries got angry demanding the extradition of the Shah from the United States, which started on November 1979 a huge protest, with climbing over of the walls of the U.S. Embassy In Tehran and also taking the staff, ranging from the Chargé d’Affaires to the most junior member, as hostages.

The US Embassy should have been better prepared for the attack, the terrorist group was only students and in some point of view, the Carter administration must be negotiated at gunpoint to protect the Embassy staff’s lives of the hostage and the principle that the United States didn’t have its national policy dictated by threat or blackmail.

The group of students was about 450 young Iranians and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the actual Slamic President, and other in his chaotic regime, who disliked Shah, issued a statement supporting for the students’ actions.

A day after the crisis started the Iranian government canceled military treaties with the U.S. and the Soviet Union, those ones that would permit The United States or Soviet military intervention.

President Jimmy Carter sent former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Senate Intelligence Committee staff to Iran to negotiate the release of the hostages but Ayatollah Khomeini refuses to meet with them, what made the things more difficult for The United State. With that, U.S. president ordered Iranian assets in U.S. banks to be frozen.

After 13 days of the hostage, the group got a message from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who was the anti-American cleric, to release of 13 hostages; some of them were female and African-American.

In April 1980, eight U.S. servicemen were killed in a helicopter accident colliding with a transport plane during a failed attempt to rescue the hostages. This episode earned a risky military rescue mission known as Operation Eagle Claw.

With 53 hostages remaining, the group has some problem with one them who was sick and needed some medical care. He was also released. Now with 52 hostages, anyone being killed but also not being treated well, The United Nations Security Council started calling for Iran to release the hostages. Between that time Shah left the United States for Panama, and on March 1980, he returned to Egypt.

President Carter in attempting to do something cut diplomatic ties with Iran, he announced further sanctions and ordered all Iranian diplomats to leave the United States.

In July 1980, The Shah dies of cancer in Egypt and in September of the same year Ayatollah Khomeini set new terms for the hostages’ release, it also included the return of the late Shah’s wealth and the unfreezing of Iranian assets.

Between November 1980 and January 1981, the Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and his delegation worked through mediators in Algeria to negotiate the release of the hostages and in the same month, The United States and Iran signed an agreement to release the hostages and also unfroze Iranian Assets.

The American diplomats were hostage by the Iranians students for 444 days. On January 20, 1981, all the hostages were released and they have flown to Wiesbaden Air Base in Germany and In December 2015, the Congress passed a budget bill that included some provision authorizing each of the 53 hostages to receive $10,000 for each day they were held captive. Thirty-nine years ago and with it was a way to raise the intra/international profile of the revolution’s leader thru American view.

This crisis also dominated the headlines and news broadcasts which made the Administration look week and ineffectual. The release of the hostages was just hours after President Ronald Reagan got the US power, the 40th U.S. president title, which makes many historians believe that hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter a second term as president once he has defeated in the U.S Presidential Election on November 4, 1980.

One fact that was interesting is that Iran celebrates the embassy takeover as an official Holiday, that has a tradition of every Wednesday in Tehran, tens of thousands show up to hear anti-American speeches.

In November 2016, thousands of Iranians have burned the American flag and chanted anti-US. The main problem between Washington and Tehran is because any country wants to declare lost for what has happened, that means that the two countries have had no diplomatic relations since then. Switzerland is The United States protection power and it provides limited consular services to U.S. citizens in Iran, on another hand, Iran has no embassy in Washington

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1.     [1] From the chart below select two events/persons. Write a 1,000 word essay about each topic.  The assignment is not a group project.  Your essays must be in your own words.  Do not copy and paste from the internet. Person/event 1- 1,00 words using 5 different sources. Person/event 2- 1,000 words using 5 different sources.

A New Page - NY, Long Island.

Hello guys,
today I'm going to tell you about this new experience I'm living in my life now.
Feel free to check it out and comment if you like it!

<PT> Oi galera,
Hoje vou contar para vocês sobre a minha nova experiência!
Sinta-se à vontade pra dar uma checada e comentar se realmente você gostou disso!

Well, after one year of living in Eugene, Oregon, I just decided to move on and follow my dreams in NY.

<PT> Bom, depois de um ano vivendo em Eugene, Oregon, decidi mover com minha vida e seguir meus sonhos em Nova Iorque.

The  guys were like "But what are you doing that?", "How can you change something that is going well for something new and uncertain?". Well to tell you the truth: I'm in a phase where everything is worthed. The only thing you need to do is TRY.

<PT> A glera estava tipo: "Mas por quê você está fazendo isso?", "Como você pode mudar algo que está indo bem por algo novo e impreciso?". Bom, vou te contar a verdade: Estou em uma fase da minha vida que tudo é merecido. A única coisa que você precisa fazer é TENTAR.

I got NY last Sunday, it was September 23rd. I've been living in the US for 1 year now, and finally, I'm ready to share some of my experiences and also dreams for the future in this humble blog.
I will keep it as my personal diary, so somedays I will just stress out, but in others, I will try to bring something goos like tips, recommendations and also experiences from places where I have gone.

<PT> Cheguei em Nove Iorque domingo passado, era 23 de Setembro. Estou morando nos EUA por cerca de um ano agora, e finalmente estou pronta para compartilhar algumas das minhas experiências e também sonhos para o futuro nesse humilde blog.
Vou manter isso como meu diário pessoal, então alguns dias tentarei me dessestressar, mas em outros tentarei trazer algo bom como dicas, recomendações e também experiêncis de lugares por onde que passei.

My experience:

It was a raining day in NY. I got the JFK airport around 11am and My Host Mom(HM) was waiting for me outside, at the terminal 7. She was driving the car around while waiting for me, once we cannot park and just wait for the arrivals.

<PT> Minha experiência:

Foi um dia chuvoso em NY. Cheguei no aeroporto JFK por volta das 11:00 da manhã e minha mãe anfitriã estava esperando por mim do lado de fora, no terminal 7. Elas estava dirigindo o carro ao redor enquanto me esperava, uma vez que não podemos estacionar e apenas esperar pelo pessoal desembarcando.

We drove for about 45min to get home, and it was so traffic! but at least the flow was good enough to keep us moving all the time.
We got home at the same time as the boys and the host dad (HD), it was a perfect matching. I just greeting everybody at the side door and they brought my luggage to my new room.

<PT> Nós dirigimos por volta de 45 minutos até chegar em casa e estáva tão grande o tráfico! Mas pelo menos o fluxo estava bom o suficiente para nos manter em movimento todo o tempo.
Chegamos em casa no mesmo instante que os meninos e o pai anfitrião, perfeita combinação. Eu apenas cumprimentei todo mundo em frente a porta do lado e eles trouxeram minha bagagem até o meu novo quarto.

I need to confess that the new room is quite small than the last one. I have a tiny closet inside and the bathroom is outside of it. But no complaints about that. In another hand, I got all the basement for myself and it is pretty nice! With a couch and a big TV to play my Nintendo Switch. Oh, and also I got a TV inside my own room, so I can really watch TV this year and improve more my listening and talking.

<PT> Eu preciso confessar que meu novo quarto é bastante pequeno em relação ao último. Eu tenho um pequeno closet dentro dele e o banheiro é do lado de fora. Mas sem  reclamações sobre isso. Por outro lado eu tenho todo o porão pçara mim e isso é muuuuito legal! Com um sofá e uma grande TV eu posso finalmente jogar meu Nintendo Switch. Ah, e também consegui uma TV dentro do meu quarto, então eu posso realmente assistí-la esse ano e melhorar minha escuta e fala.

So on that day I just settled my thing in my room after dinner with the entire family and I got my new schedule starting the next day at 7:30am with the HM. Well, my adventure just started, but I'm already excited about this new year!

<PT> Então naquele dia eu arrumei minhas coisas no quarto depois do jantar com a família inteira e recebi minha nova rotina começando no próximo dia às 7:30 da manhã com a mãe anfitriã. Bom, minha aventura apenas começou, mas já estou animada com o novo ano!


Thanks to reading my post and see'ya soon!
Tai

Vacation Trip - Los Angeles.

Photo: Tailane Brito / Portland Airport Aug 2018

<EN> Hey Guys,

Today I'm here to share with you some of the things I accomplished in LA during my vacation trip!
Frist, when you are planning your vacations, it is good to have in mind what kind of stuff are you looking for to have over there. In my case, I was looking for something cheap and fun. It was my first vacations trip alone in another country/state and it was amazing. Oh yeah!

<PT> Oi Galera,

Hoje estou aqui para compartilhar com vocês algumas das coisas que consegui realizer em LA durante minha viagem de férias!
Primeiro, quando você está planejando suas férias é bom ter em mente o tipo de coisa que você está procruando ter lá. No meu caso eu estava procurando alguma coisa barata e divertida. Essa foi a minha primeira viagem de férias sozinha em outro país/estado e foi maravilhoso. Oh foi!

<EN> I started looking for some hostel/Airbnb but not that I really liked. Two days after starting look for it I found an app called Hostelworld (https://www.hostelworld.com) and I saw such a good hostel in Hollywood Boulevard - Banana Bungalow - I really liked all the lights and the photos on Google Maps. It was the best place ever that I could stay!

<PT> Eu comecei a procurar por algum hostel/Airbnb mas nada que eu realmente gostasse. Dois dias depois de começar a procurar eu encontrei um aplicativo chamado Hostelworld (https://www.hostelworld.com) e vi um bom hostel em Hollywood Boulevard - Banana Bungalow. Eu realmente gostei das luzes e das fotos no Google Maps. Esse foi o melhor lugar que eu pude estar!

>>>>> http://www.bananabungalows.com/

The place is really comfy and cozy. You gonna find good people to hang out with and you are so close to the walk of fame. We also have some attractions around like The Death Museum (it was $17 to come inside, but I don't recommend. I was waiting for something intense with more blood and history, but the museum is full of pictures and some of them are pretty small to see in a proper way).

<PT> O lucar é realmente confortável e amistoso. Você vai achar pessoas para sair e vai estar super perto da Calçada da Fama. Nós também tivemos algumas atrações ao redor do lugar como o Museu da Morte (foi $17 dólares para entrar, mas não recomento ir. Esperava algo mais intenso com mais sangue e história do que acabei achando lá, mas o museu é cheio de fotos e algumas delas sao muito pequens para ver de maneira própria).

Day 1 - Saturday, Aug 18
<PT> Dia 1 - Sábado, 18 de Agosto de 2018.

It was such a rushing day! My friends dropped me at the Eugene airport around 130am and my flight was booked to 5am. I waited there the long 330h ahead, but it was worthed.
After getting inside the airplane I was prepared to really take a nap, but you know - air conditioning and jet leg are the basic things that you got while traveling abroad. My bad.

<PT> Foi um dia tão corrido! Minhas amigas me deixaram no aeroporto de Eugene por volta das 1h30 da manhã e meu vôo estava marcado para as 5h da manhã daquele dia. Esperei por volta de 3h30min, mas foi merecido.
Depois de entrar no avião eu estava preparada para realmente tirar uma soneca, mas você sabe - ar condicionado e pouco espaço para as pernas são coisas básicas que você adquire quando viaja. Muito mal por sinal.

I got Los Angeles around 12pm after my connection in San Francisco. On my way to the Hostel, I got the FlyAway shutter bus (it is $8 dollars and the ride goes to all the terminals in LAX airport). After 1h inside the Shuttle, I got the Walk of Fame close to the Hollywood / Vine Station.

<PT> Cheguei em Los Angeles por volta das 12h (meio dia) depois da minha conexão em San Francisco. No meu caminho para o Hostel eu peguei um translado chamado FlyAway (foi $8 dólares e ele passa em todos os terminais do aeroporto LAX). Depois de 1h dentro do translado cheguei na Calçada da Fama que é perto da estação Hollywood/ Vine.

I walked around 10-15min to arrive at the hostel. It was a straight walk through the start curb.

<PT> Caminhei por volta de 10-15 minutos e cheghei no Hostel. Foi uma caminhada direta pela calçada.

Getting inside I went straight to the office and one thing that really got me on my nerves was the price charged over there. I needed to pay $30 bucks to keep my reservation and I had an amount of $184 pending to be charged at the hostel. The woman over there charged me $194, and when I asked why she told me the hostel charges 5% over the value. I guess it was a little unfair once they didn't say anything on the app.

<PT> Dentro do hostel identifiquei o escritório e fui direto para lá e uma coisa que realmente me deixou irritada foi o preço cobrado. Eu precisei pagar $30 dólares para o aplicativo só para manter minha reserva, e ainda tinha uma quantia de $184 dólares pendente para ser cobrado no hostel. A mulher da recepção me cobrou $194 dólares alegando que o hostel cobra 5% sobre o valor quando perguntei do porquê do valor. Acho que foi um pouco injusto uma vez que o aplicativo não dizia nada sobre cobrança de preço exta.

Well, paid my stay over there I went to my room - 214 - upstairs.

<PT> Bom, tive que pagar a minha estadia (uma vez reservada) e fui para o meu quarto - Número 214 - no segundo piso.

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* Inside the room and my new group of friends! *

<PT> Dentro do quarto e meu novo grupo de amigos!

When I got into the room it was empty, so I got the chance to go shower and take a nap also.

<PT> Quando cheguei no quarto ele estava vazio, então tomei um banho e tirei uma soneca também.

Well, I will post more about my adventures in Los Angeles soon!
If you like it, please don't let to follow it and check the new chapters!

<PT> Bom, postarei mais coisas sobre minhas aventuras em Los Angeles logo!
Se por acaso você gostou disso, por favor não deixe de seguir a postagem e ver os novos capítulos!

See'ya soon!
Tsai.