Significant Teacher

Teachers that pass on knowledge and values are not easy to come by. I have been in and out school for the past 30 years. I have learned  to appreciate them now then when I was in grade school. I have attended University of Texas, Brownsville for the past 2 years and come across professors that give up on you on the first week of class. One of the professors that I can be very thankfulltoo is Mrs. Ana Pena, she is in charge of the Spanish Department.I took her on my second semester of college. Eventhough I am hispanic learning spanish is not easy. Mrs. Pena is a very aproachable lady and I was able to express my problems to her. She was so helpfull and as of today we keep in touch. Mrs. Pena is a proffesional and very dedicated to teaching. She has been very significant to me and I thank her for taking her time in teaching not only spanish but how not to give up on school.

Adjusting to change..........

Adjusting to change can be a big thing if you were brought up in one place. For me livivng in Brownsville,Texas for over 35 years and then now residing in Alburquerque,New Mexico has been a big impact. I have been here a week and everthing is much more vivid. There are so many ethnic groups here. We went to the mall the other day and I started to speak spanish to whom I thought were hispanic, it was funny because they allowed  me to finish and then they said,"sorry but we don't speak spanish". I think that I will grow to love New Mexico as I plan to make it my new home for now. My dear husband is doing his residency here in neroulogy and we plan to stay here for the next three years o so. We have talked about moving back since we can leave the vally but the valley does not leave us.

CLAUDIA VAN BAAK

Good morning Texas ! I am from Brownsville,Tx. and is attending Utb. It will be my 13th semester and can hardly wait to be done. We are mountain time here and the weather is great. I was listening on the news this morning about a bear running around off Juan Tabua and Comanche we are about 1/2 a mile from there. It has been a crazy morning here in New Mexico.