The time of the year is coming up. Exciting for me. I'm almost done with this semester at Pasadena city college. Good grades so far. I got

finals this coming week. I'm not as excited about the classes as i'm with the relationships i built with different people. God allowed me to

touch a few fragile lives at school and out side of school.

Today, For a fitness class our teachers Misses Lee and Misses Iverson took the class for a walk. It was a nice 25 minute class around a

upper class neighborhood. You can always tell by the homes and by the clean streets. Another funny way that you can tell is rich people

always have gardeners and if you leave or know about southern california you know what i'm talking about. Los Jardineros. But as we

walked i was able to walk with a few class mates as well as my teacher Misses Lee. It was good talking to her. In my life time of school I've

always felt like my teachers perceive me as another Mexican kid. Little do they know about my Father and the relationship I have with him.

A lot of my teachers didn't know that I'm a youth worker. Whe they find that out they are usually act surprise.

But anyways let me shy away from that. And go back to walking with Misses Lee. As we walked and shared about each others

experiences I learned that kind of like me she also comes from a lower class family. Nobody in her family went to college. She was the first one.

She didn't know how far she could achieve. It was her teachers that encourage her to do right for herself and keep on going with her
studies.

In my short walk i have met over a dozen teachers. Here is a salute to all the ones that left foot steps in my heart and cared enough to encourage me and help know that i can do it.

MISS JUANITA: KINDERGARDEN

MAESTRO CHON:3RD GRADE

MISS. RODRIGUEZ: 6 GRADE

MISSES JACKSON: 7TH GRADE

MISSES REYES: 8 & 9TH GRADE

MR. ROBERT GORDON: 9TH THANKS FOR TEACHING ME HOW YOU BRAKE HORSES

ERICKA GORDON: THANKS FOR SHOWING GOD'S LOVE TO ME (FIRST BIBLE STUDY LEADER)

MR. PHIL BULLARD 10TH & 11TH GRADE: I WAS LOST MAN AND YOU PULLED ME INTO YOUR CHURCH (THANKS DAD)

MR. HUNINGTON: 11TH &12TH GRADE THANKS FOR ALL THE SNOW AND THE COLD NIGHTS IN SCHUIM BAY.

MR. DAVID URANGA: MY POLITICAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR I DIDN'T KNOW A COLLEGE CLASS COULD BE SO INTERESTING.

MISSES LEE AND MISSES IVERSON: THANK YOU FOR THE EXERCISE. MISSES LEE I ENJOYED OUR WALK.


ALL THE OTHERS:

GLENN CROSS, SHERYL BROTJE, DON THOMAS, JEORGE GARCIA (MR. "G") NICOLAS SAVALA,

JOANNE FROM GOD'S GANG TO LIGHT (THANKS FOR GETTING ME TOGETHER W/ HUMBERTO, BROTHERS TO THE END)

DEREK PERKINS AND RUDY CARRASCO THANKS FOR BOTHERING ME AT 4 IN THE MORNING TO DRIVE YOU TO THE AIRPORT.

(DEREK I FORGIVE YOU AND LOVE YOU BRO, GOD HAS A PLACE WAITING FOR US DON'T LISTEN TO THE DEVILS LIES)

KAREN PERKINS, KAFI M. CARRASCO, ANNE TIPTON (THESE WOMEN HAVE LOVED MY LIKE A SON)

MY GIRLFRIEND WENDY LARIOS WHO IS SOON TO BE A TEACHER. THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING WITH MY SCHOOLING

AND LOVING ME REGARDLESS OF MY FLAWS AND WEAKNESSES. TE

QUIERO MUCHO.

AND TO ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO TEACH. YOU ARE AWSOME.