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(Looks like this guy spent too much time in Spanish Class) “Spanish Class Kills Brain Cells” Contrary to popular belief, Spanish class actually makes us dumber. I can attest to the inevitable degrading of our brains since Spanish 1 with Sra. Leaf. Instead of filling our brains with useful practical information, we have actually dulled the senses of our minds, and lost precious brain cells that we will never get back. On a typical day, I walk in, and we soon begin class, and within the first 15 minutes I have already looked at the clock three times, shocked to see that there is still an hour and fifteen minutes left. In addition to this terrible tradgedy, we may be forced to read “Los ojos de Carmen” or more formally known as “Los ojos del Diablo”. While the occasional obscene drawing may catch my attention and provide a laugh or two, I am left drooling like an oaf after we attempt to translate that garbage. Perhaps afterwards, we will create a story as a class in which Po the Panda (who likes little boys of course) takes his 20 ½ little boys to SeaWorld in his windowless van… hmmmmm. Never the less, Sr. Sanchez will ask us questions with vocabulary that Sr. Perfecto conveniently did not teach us. After the class is brainwashed by a wonderful story in which everything explodes at the end, we are rewarded with at least 5 minutes of applause. Personally, I think that messing around makes Spanish class bearable, but either way, I walk out of class dumber than I walked in. I don’t think I could make it through Sr. Perfecto’s exciting year of Spanish 4 without losing so many brain cells that we eventually revert to walking on all fours like a bunch of Neanderthal oafs. I mean come on, I don’t care about predorate and imperfect tenses of a word, I just want to learn how to bargain at the Swap Meet! This everyday repetition of mental submission is a danger to our future and the future of society. Fight the power, dont let Spanish class turn you into a neanderthal!