So what has been happening in my life lately. Monday I had an emotional moment in response to one of my classes. In this class, half of the students are grad students and everyone's first language is Spanish just to help set the scene.
Professor: Have any of you had a class since you have been here at the Lake that the teacher did not properly address academic language on their own? Did they cover the meaning of the words only when asked or did they instinctly already know what words you may have a problem with because it is academic language?
Most students: Yes......We have experienced that. There have been some classes where this has happened. Sometimes when you ask for clarification, the teacher answers with another question. Or they do not adequately explain the word.
Me: No, I have not experienced this. I think that in my 3 years here at the Lake, the professors do a pretty good job on covering any vocabulary that is specialized or related to the class. I do not feel that my teachers have a problem with this.
Professor in response to me: Well, maybe for you that is true. Because you are a monolingual student and your language is English, you most likely have a stronger foundation in English in Academic Language than the rest of us. Everyone else here is already bilingual and biliterate and while we do well in both, we will probably never have the same level of mastery in English as you do. In other words, what seems complete to you in class my be obviously lacking wholeness to us. So while you think all you classes adequately cover ever word necessary for complete comprehension in that class, that may not be the case for a bilingual person.
So, after this little dialogue that I have shared, I felt awful. I do not disagree with what she said and I understand. She didn't say it harshly or anything but it still kindof made me sad. Then I started thinking, "What am I doing trying to do this." I was thinking if I will adequately ever be able to teach kids in Spanish. But it was just momentarily and I know that eventually I will be able to. I know that I am making progress and everything is going to ultimately work out. On a happier note, I had my presentation in Spanish yesterday over my research and my teacher said I did pretty good. Last night, I went to see Ice Age 2 and it is so funny. YOU SHOULD ALL SEE IT! I laughed alot and it was enjoyable. I needed that. I am hoping to be able to go to the strawberry festival Sunday in Poteet. That will be fun. I work Friday and Saturday. I am looking forward to Easter when I get to go home and spend some time with my family and the baby. The week after that, I am going to a quincenera with my roommate and the week after that I am going to a wedding with my roommate as well. Oh, one more devestating thing that happened, my roommate forgot to reserve her room for next year so now I will be getting yet another roommate.....I know, its sad. Well, thats it for now. I am getting back to work because I have lots to do. Later. | 
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