https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c Abraham Valles en-us 2021-05-04 20:23:04 UTC 2023-01-22 10:36:24 UTC hello@padlet.com avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491615861 I was born in Pleasanton, California

Stephen G Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice on the same day. ]]> 2021-05-04 20:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491615861 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491637361 I start Kindergarten. This is the moment I realize I want to be a teacher when I grow up.

US Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam title]]> 2021-05-04 20:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491637361 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491641731 My Abuelita Lupe passes away. She passed away at the start of the Día de Los Muertos (which starts on October 31st). 

Her death has influenced much of my life. I owe a lot of my happiness in my early years to her. 

United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia]]> 2021-05-04 20:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491641731 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491655109 I move to Manteca, California from Livermore. 

I am identified as an EL, as Manteca did not have a bilingual program in place. 

My first time being bullied for being gay.

9/11 occurred in my first year in Manteca.]]> 2021-05-04 20:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491655109 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491658310 Graduated High School and went on to go to school at UC Santa Barbara.

Stayed at the Rainbow House

Barack Obama accepts the nomination for Democratic party on September 6th, 2012]]> 2021-05-04 20:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491658310 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491663207 After I got off work, I debated going to the local Deli shop in my college town. Due to how late it was, my roommate told me not to go.

Several minutes later, we would hear gunshots.

This was to become the Isla Vista Massacre, which claimed the lives of 7 students, 14 injured.

This shook Isla Vista and UCSB to the core. College life was forever changed for me. ]]> 2021-05-04 20:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491663207 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491674994 My graduation day from UCSB. 

I spent the early hours of the morning getting ready as I watched the news and saw the aftermath of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, which had occurred in the early hours of the morning. This was another attack on the LGBT community.

It was a bittersweet day for me. ]]> 2021-05-04 20:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491674994 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491700209 Gay Marriage is Legalized]]> 2021-05-04 20:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491700209 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491703052 Hired as an 8th grade Language Arts teacher at Joseph Widmer in Lathrop, Ca. 

My students are mentioning of a virus occurring in China, called Coronavirus. ]]> 2021-05-04 20:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491703052 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491704944 I told my parents what I already tried to make obvious. Seriously, that closet door was open WIDE. 

Nonetheless, I "came out" at 15. This would be both liberating and one of the most depressing years of my life. 

Barack Obama became president on January 20th, 2009. I watched the inauguration in class and remember being told by my teacher, this is history being made. ]]> 2021-05-04 20:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491704944 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491826026 Distance Learning with my new grade level- 5th grade!

COVID/Pandemic has now been occurring for over 5 months]]> 2021-05-04 21:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491826026 avalles9 https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491827443 New school year awaits, now in Kindergarten! ]]> 2021-05-04 21:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/avalles9/5tx14tnieij9p12c/wish/1491827443