On air November 18th, 2019. Recorded November 9th, 2019.
Rachael and Patricia took Spanish classes together throughout middle and high school, only for their paths to reconverge ten years after graduation under their shared identity as high school language teachers.
After finishing her bachelors and masters at Quinnipiac University, she became a Spanish teacher at Valley Regional High School in Connecticut where she is now the World Language department head and has also begun teaching French.
In this episode, Rachael and Patricia talk about their high school Spanish class experiences, how intensely personal and transformative language learning can be, the immeasurable value of traveling abroad, and all the glorious ways that TPRS has transformed their language classrooms.
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