The assignment for my Personal Essay Writing class was to "write about a moment that taught you something unexpected about yourself."
Those of you that read and enjoyed my previous blog Living in the Spotlight about the "wetsuit" incident at Bally's, you may enjoy the rewrite for my class: The Good Little Teacher That Could.
Happy reading.
Aliza Hausman is a first-generation Dominican-American Latina Orthodox Jewish convert or “Jewminicana” who discovered she was born Jewish of Sephardic Jewish Turkish ancestry post-conversion. She is also a writer, blogger, educator & speaker. This blog chronicles her thoughts on being Hispanic & Jewish, focusing on identity, Judaism, Jews of colors, Latinos, diversity, race, ethnicity, conversion to Judaism, culture, multiculturalism, illness, disability, books, films, news & more….