-about traveling with my family to Italy, Greece, France, Japan, Germany, etc.
-going to culinary arts academy in France.
-becoming a pastry chef and opening up my own pastry/coffee shop < My idea of a retirement plan
-to become more actively involved in Politics< I would love to be on the Politics scene in Washington, DC or Austin, TX
-volunteering my time in a 3rd world country to help out orphans and/or famined people build homes or schools. < I wanted to be in the Peace Corps.
-teaching a summer or year in Mexico con mi amiga Alejandra < Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico City, or Cuernavaca
-speak the Spanish and French language fluently < I am going to try Rosetta Stone ;)
-Achieve my graduate degree and become a college professor in English or Education<Hopefully by 2012
I am a sophomore English teacher in San Antonio, TX. I sometimes feel as if there is more that i would like to do in my professional life. I sometimes feel like i am crazy for wanting to be so many things. I admire the people who have always wanted to be a doctor, lawyer, or teacher and are just content with doing that for the rest of their lives.
Am i crazy for wanting to be a stay at home mom/pastry chef/college professor/ Peace Corps. volunteer/documentary traveler? I hope that when my boys grow up they have as many aspirations as i do because that makes a person want to learn and become a life long learner. I would love to be a student and get paid. That is the ideal job, but as i reflect on my life as a sophomore English teacher i realize i am still a student learning about different learning styles and about how my students cope with their lives outside and inside school.
Sometimes it can get very heavy and deep and i understand why some teachers quit, but that is failing not only myself but my students. I have students who have a very hard family life and they bring the brunt of their problems to school. It can almost feelf hopeless for them because the parents do not even care how their kids are coping with their home life and school. I have parents who tell me, "I am sorry but there is nothing that i can do....he/she gives me hell at home---so you will have to deal with them!" It is a sad, fun, angry, frustrating, happy, and calm job. It takes a trooper to deal with teenagers with raging hormones. I have at least 7 students (ages 15 and 16) who have kids of their own. It can get crazy sometimes. Well, thanks for listening. :)
The Gomez Family 2009
