This is an exciting book about an African-American younster who grows up in the ghetto, and discovers that there is a whole new world in at a place called Green Acres Country Club, where he worked as a busboy with Mexican immigrants. He somehow falls in love and learns their language in his very first immersion experience. The Spanish language becomes his First Love, which later ``opens the doors' to all kinds of fascinating adventures in education, and in his life as a student,teacher,parent, and minister. Learn how Walter was able to break the language barrier to become one of the greatest Spanish-Speaking teachers of the 21st century. This book is hilarious, exciting, and spiritually informative, especially when Walter meets his New Love, which is a far greater love than his former.
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Reviews for "BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: Being Black and Bilingual is Beautiful"
This is the most interesting, inspirational, and educational book I have ever read. This biography reminds me of the adventures of Mark Twain. Walter plays multiple roles as the author who is searching from his inner most being for a far greater ove than his former. Of course, the reader knows that discovering Spanish becomes his first love.But, Chapter VIII is perhaps his most powerful story in which he somehow supernaturally finds his New Love.
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