McCallum High School teacher, full time mom, and part-time world traveler, Mrs. Carrasco does it all. Many may know her as the human geography teacher or the world geography teacher, but just like the world she has many layers. Mrs. Carrasco has now been a part of the Student Leaders Abroad, Educational Tours program for about 3 years now. She has traveled to the Dominican Republic twice and is preparing for this year's trip to Germany and the Netherlands. Mrs. Carrasco looks forward to these trips to see, "The amount of growth, that I see in the students in such a short period of time..". She is strongly convinced that being a geography teacher, as part of her professional job, is that she is called to learn about the world around us in person. Even though, the world is extremely fun and exciting to learn about Mrs. Carrasco can not help the fact that her children are at home. "I miss my kids...I miss them and they stay with my parents and that's hard...", Mrs. Carrasco shares. Her mind may be half way across the world, exploring the beauty of the world around us but she most definitely has her heart with her children. However, she may not be connecting and attending her own biological children at home but while staying at the Dominican Republic she helps the kids in need. "The first time was great because it was brand new...and we didn't really know what we were getting into, but then the second time was great because the Dominican students, that we met when we were there the first time, were so excited to see us come back." Carrasco shares, "They said they've never had a student group come back to their school twice, which was really exciting for us.".
Mrs. Carrasco has been an amazing influence to inspire her students to explore the world around them, she advices that "Sometimes travel seems like it's expensive but I think the kind of experiences you get out of it are worth it, that it seems like it is worth the investment, I think it changes people's attitudes when they decided what majors they want to do...". She has yet to explore the rest of the world with her family, students and her self.
This is a great angle. With revision, I think this is publishable. I think you need to include more of a news peg (timeliness) by talking more about this year's trip. Not in the lead but somewhere deeper in the story. There are also a few places that repeat ideas that are already established. Make sure all the info you include does important work to move the story forward. Should think about paragraph breaks too so the story isn't one big paragraph. 95
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