Activity # 2

For my second activity, this week I attended to a book discussion. I had a lot of fun, especially because it had a little bit to do with my cultural background. The name of the book was “How Soccer Explains the World: an Unlikely Theory of Globalization”, our professor Jenna Morrison was the one who gave the discussion about the book. We had a fun demonstration on how to play soccer, and one speaker that was very fun and told us his story about how soccer have change his life. There also was a group discussion where everybody participated and made it fun. They explained that soccer changes the world every time there is a game; it unifies the world when the world cup is played. Soccer is a game that many people think as a passion and part of their daily basis. I am from Colombia; I can tell soccer is passion, soccer is more than a game or people chasing a ball, there is more to this game that you would have to grow with a soccer field by your house and a soccer ball in your room to understand it. In Colombia like in many countries soccer is only for boys, I grew up believing this and watching all my boyfriends play every afternoon after school, and I just sat with the girls and cheer to them or bring them water, and even thought we knew this was for boys we all had our own team we cheer for and had the jersey, I even went to the stadium to see my team play. When I got here to the United States I was shocked that girls could played soccer like it was tennis or softball, I was happy that the guys did not mind and it actually was kind of sexy. Anyways I had a lot of fun in this activity and learn from other cultures too. It brought me many good memories and I felt very well !