Me: My name is Esther. I’ve grown up a lot in the past few years.
I teach 9th grade English at a small public school in the Watts/Compton/South LA area. Life here is ALWAYS challenging and (almost) ALWAYS entertaining. I teach here, I fight to raise awareness about options for undocumented (AB-540) students, and I have a few leadership capacities as well. My work consumes me and I love it. I am passionate about social-justice education and education reform in general.
I spent my formative teenage years in Long Beach and I consider it my hometown, even though I was born in Guatemala.
I tend to take on a little too much and tend to be stressed out.
Yoga, running, and bollywood dance class mellow me out.
When I am not doing school or work related things, I enjoy being with those I love and/or being lost in my thoughts. I enjoy good food/beverages, books, and music… then again, who doesn’t?
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us.
The website: Changeable.net was purchased and started up in 2005. I canceled the webhosting to it in October 2008 and moved to wordpress because it was free and webdesign was no longer a huge interest for me. I write about anything and everything; usually vague, always honest. Archives are available, by date, on the right. The first few years’ worth of archives (imported from two old domains and a livejournal) are the epitome of immaturity, so do read at your own risk. I keep them around since they help to tell the story of how I got to where I currently am in life. I sincerely apologize for the horrible things I said.
Contact: seventyx7 at gmail dot com
Its been too long since I’ve read any of your blogs! I’m glad you’re doing well, xoxo.
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