First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hello, My name is Andrea. I am learning Spanish for two main reasons. The first reason is because I am hispanic and not knowing enough Spanish to carry on a complete conversation with someone who knows Spanish has been an embarrassing experience for me for sometime. Spanish is my heritage language and I feel I should know it. My mom didnt know english as a child and had very bad times because of it and she didnt want her kids to go through that same ordeal. Times have changed of course and now its something she regrets not doing for us. My sister and brother have both learned Spanish and I feel its time for me to learn, its been time. Secondly knowing another language is always good in the work industry. You get paid more and possibly considered more for a position as a billingual employee then a non billingual. Thats just what I've seen for myself and what I've been told by actual employers. So this is why I am wanting to learn Spanish.