This course, History and Politics of Mexico with Professor Rafael Gomez, fulfilled MLO 3, literacy and cultural knowledge. This course was an in depth history course that began with the pre-Colombian Mesoamerica civilizations and cultures, like the Maya, Aztec, Toltec and so forth and ended with Mexico in the 20th century after the Mexican Revolution. This course contributed to my fulfillment of the MLO because I was able to gain a cultural and historical knowledge of Mexico. We made an overall portfolio that entailed essays describing each era and war in Mexico. The knowledge I acquired during this course has allowed me to gain a better understanding of Mexico and it’s people. I can now understand all the sentiments and ideologies that go along with the Mexican way of life and how that can overlap with life here in a state that used to belong to Mexico and that still has very close ties to the country. I wish to gain a better knowledge of certain wars and eras in Mexico through literary readings. I believe that once you have an understanding of a countries history, you can then go deeper into the thoughts and minds of the people through literature