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Latin American Technology

As a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, my two intended majors are chemical engineering and spanish. So, I am currently enrolled in a Spanish class at NC State. The final chapter of our Spanish book was technology. Most of the spanish words were identical to english vocabulary words. As I was studying la cámara digital as digital camera, I came to the realization that few technological advancements occur in Latin America. If there were more technological advancements in Latin America, I would think they would have their own words for the technology instead of english cognates.

My grandparents were actually born and raised in Cuba. I believe technology is not a primary focus of the country. Where communist dictators ration everything, the primary focus is making ends meet. However, it is interesting that the literacy rate in Cuba is higher than that of America. You would think that with an increase in the amount of educated citizens, the country would be more capable of producing large technological innovations.

Posted at 03:11PM Dec 06, 2008 by Megan Szakasits in General  |  Comments[0]