The presentation on Friday was very mind boggling. The young lady doing the presentation gave out interesting facts about our water source. The pictures she showed on the slide show were pretty cool pictures of our aquifer and it’s surroundings. There was a lot of information distributed throughout the forty five minutes of her presence. It was also nice to know the descriptions of her job, and to know how well she knows her facts and presents her case in front of the city council to better serve our city with the intent to preserve our main water source. Doing the group activity gave us a better sense of how easy it is to get more involved to help our city, and our communities, and to be another voice for protecting our water. Knowing where exactly the charge zones lie was something else I did not know about. Overall, it was nice having her as a speaker in our classroom because gave out a scrupulous presentation with lot’s of great information that I was very unaware of.

A Place Called Home

I was born and raised in the southside of San Antonio and I have lived here for twenty-eight years. Growing up as a little girl, I was always satisfied with where I lived. My parents being old fashion Hispanics were actually stuck to this side of town, which kept me from exploring. As I grew older I had come to the realization that there was much more to San Antonio than just the southside. That is when we moved to the northwest of town. I attended John Jay High School for one year, and it was a whole new world for me. Living out there was like a great adventure for me. I finally discovered that there was actually alot more going on in the northside of town. I eventually encountered the better selections of just about everything, and convinced my mom to head out further north to do some shopping for the family. So, we would go just about every other weekend which was great for me as a teenager. My parents once again had us move down to the southside where they said the price of living was more comfortably for their budgets. Then, I convinced myself when I was old enough, I will be sure that the first home I buy will be in the northside of san Antonio, conveniently located to all the great restaurants, the great shopping centers, and not to mention the great schools for my children. Who wouldn’t want that? At least that is what I thought. I am now married and have three beautiful children, whom I absolutely love and adore, and I want the best for. Raising my family here, I have really come to appreciate where my true roots are from. Yes, the one and only southside of San Antonio, where I have lived just about all my life. After living with parents, and in-laws with absolutely no privacy, and paying rent on highly priced apartments, it was finally time to invest on a home for the family. We did some house hunting, and all the great houses and best communities were all in the northside of San Antonio. I truly did consider moving the family out there, however, something kept bringing me back. It is ironic I thought, I have become the old fashion hispanic I once called my parents. After coming back to the southside every time the family and I headed out to look for a house, it dawned on me, I guess we are stuck here. Just then, we decided to build a house in one of the most popular subdivisions in the south, the Lago Vista subdivision. The subdivision was first founded in December of 2000, and it was a big ordeal for all the southsiders. A new community with brand spanking homes built from the ground up was a huge step to expanding the southside, and everyone wanted to be part of the new community. We chose to build in the Lago Vista subdivision because my husband and I are familiar with the area, and my work is just literally three minutes away. I work at Palo Alto Elementary School in the morning, then right after I head straight to school(Palo Alto College)which is also about three minutes away. There is a convenient store a minute away, right next to the store is the veterinary’s office I take my dogs to, and next to the vet is the church I attend, which is about a minute and a half away or maybe less. Further down, a few minutes away is the mall, the grocery store, retail stores, and fast food restaurants. We are also about six miles away form the Toyota Plant. My neighborhood is one of the newest additions to the subdivision. I live on a new street with only nine houses including mine. There is a combination of people who reside in the neighborhood. I have noticed that the majority are younger families. Although we have a short street with not too many houses, we do not know our neighbors. My brother once talked to a young guy that lives to the right of us, and he said that he along with the neighbors to the left of us and two more families on our street all work at the Toyota Plant. The neighborhood is filled with more middle class families. People walk their dogs, children ride their bikes, and families enjoy their new homes.