The Love of Words! I recently became interested in the very interesting world of languages! I've always loved Spanish. This was the first language I wanted to learn because there are a lot of Spanish speakers where I am from and it's part of my Hispanic heritage. I didn't grow up speaking any other language besides English. In High School we have to take a foreign Language and I chose Spanish. So, far I have been studying Spanish for 3 years and counting, but I am no where, where I should be. Just last year I decided I wanted to be a Linguistics major to teach English to non- English speakers. That's when I was welcomed into the world of Languages! I never appreciated the beauty of speaking a language and how powerful words are. I started reading books which I never used to do.I find ways to practice my speech, because I want to sound very punctual and clear. I figured since, teaching requires speaking, listening and interacting with different people, I should be very good at it. I believe everybody should talk clearly and strongly, not just in a speech or important presentations. I see people at Hotel's, airport's, and other international public facilities, and it makes me sad that some people cannot understand another person due to a communication barrier. I always want to help! So as I go deeper into my studies, I learn about people who are deaf, have a speech problem, or have a disability where they are unable to speak, read or listen. This interests me a lot. I volunteer at this Elementary school here in my town and I love helping the little kids with their reading. I can sit with them all day trying to help them pronounce words. I think I have the patience and motivation to work with smaller children and people with a speech impediments. Then, I got to thinking of being a speech therapist. There are so many things you can do with language studies. It is hard for me to decide because I would like to do them all. Sign Language has been a Language that I want to learn and I decided to make it a requirement for myself. Of all the beautiful languages in the world we often forget the beauty of body languages. Various hand gestures and movements make Sigh Language so interesting. I find it stimulating that even if we can't hear or talk we still have a way to communicate! Even the beauty of just using you fingers to read, how awesome is that!! Or a blind person being able to get around fine just by using their ears!!! The capabilities of human beings have no limits.