\”Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world\’s work, and the power to appreciate life.\” – Brigham Young

Welcome! Or maybe Bienvenidos! I’m assuming that since you have landed yourself here at this screen, or ‘at my blog’ that you are a fellow English 310′er which makes me excited, but it not, I’m here excited your here too ….and welcome!

So, I guess this would be an appropriate place for me to formally, as formally as this is, introduce myself to you, my fellow classmates.  My name is Rachel Aren, I’m a 20 year old transfer student with Junior status (I think …) at Grand Valley. English is my major, Spanish being my minor and my dream hope is to one day teach both of the subjects in a secondary education setting. Ideally in Chicago or southern California. (my figures are crossed…)

After much debate within brain, I seem to have chosen a topic that fascinates me enough to be able to write about for an entire semester! Hallelujah! Actually, I have three topicss: Adult Literacy English as a Second Language and Inner-city education with probably most concentration on Spanish speakers.  With out trying to be cheesy, I believe that my life’s purpose is to educate, espically children that come from low-income, inner-city, so obviously both of these fields hold high importance to me.  Through out this semester I hope to become more familiar with these fields on a more personal level and hopefully, apply ESL concepts to my classroom in the future. 

Currently I am subscribed to BBC Worlds News, CNN World News and The Washington Times. Wow, I’m just really excited about it being a requirement for me to stay on top of the news and upcoming articles, seeing as for the past 20 years of life it wasn’t a forte of mine. Haha.

Thanks for reading! I’m looking forward to reading your blogs and finding out what is important to and what makes you tick and also getting to know as this semester progresses!

Rachel