What I liked about this class was the community, and the open discussions we would have every Wednesday. When professor made our class a once a week meeting rather than two, it became more intentional with our words. I enjoyed our books we read, and everyone’s thoughts said in class. At first I admit, I was a shy person, but I opened up and became more comfortable. I tried to look at this class as a book club. Just simply a book club where we meet once a week to discuss what we learned from the texts. It kind of inspires me to now join a real book club, or something. I think Beasley is an amazing educator, and I will definitely recommend this class to everyone. In my opinion, anyone can learn something about Indigenous latin American peoples, and Indigenous peoples of all backgrounds, nations, and cultures. While there was some heavy reading, I’m glad I learned something. I didn’t know a lot about Latin indigenous peoples until I took this course, and now I feel like I know so much more, but definitely not everything. It must be impossible to learn all about latin indigenous culture in only 3 months, but from what we discussed in class, it felt like we learned so much. I think my favorite text out of all of them that we read, is unveiling Mexico. Marcos. Something about this text really struck me, and I will definitely keep this book for keepsake. I do appreciate everyone’s participation in the course, and do encourage the students who didn’t attend to attend more seminars, because you can learn more when you attend in person. I myself don’t like crowds or get social anxiety but I’m glad I pushed myself to go to every class this semester, and I noticed people were posting on blogs but never showed up, and it would have been interesting to have heard your thoughts! However the people that did attend had great things to say! All in all this course is for everybody, and anyone in any major can take this course and learn something. If your planning on visiting any Latin south American countries, bring these books with you!! They will make perfect sense, especially if read in the geographic places they are set in. I plan on bringing Marcos to Mexico with me, next time I go, so I can read about Mexico in Mexico. Poma’s book was another favorite of mine, and I do wish to continue reading it as much as I can, but from what I did read, it was very comforting. I agree reading isn’t easy, but taking this course helped me with my reading skills, and I feel very educated from this class. Thank you so much professor and class for the wonderful discussions over the semester. Have a wonderful summer!