Tracy Jobe:  

Life enjoying it! College College was AAAASOMMMMMME. I hope to always carry with me the feeling of hope and excitement one feels at that age. I went to University of Texas in Arlington Texas my first semester. It was exciting to me when I first came across the student union building and really felt all that concentrated energy. There were protests and events happening and young people from all over the world. That, to me, was the most exciting thing about college ...meeting and becoming friends with people from different parts of the world ...and sharing a sense that we could make positive change in the world. After deciding the commute was more than I cared for, I went to a community college in Dallas for my second semester. There I had some fabulous instructors. My literature teacher possessed such a passion for the written word, that it was hard not to become an undying fan of Hemingway, Faulkner and all those dead crusty people that lived long before us. She was such a cool lady. And then, there was my French instructor. Boy, was she a tough pill to swallow ...but she was a badass French teacher! She really challenged us to speak the language well. I"m thankful for the discipline I gained from that class. Ma français, c'est superb! J'ai voyagé å Paris trois fois et le language, ce n'est pas de problem! : ) Then I completed my college career at the School of Visual Arts at the University of North Texas in Denton Texas where I earned a bachelor degree in Fine Art with an emphasis in Photography (Incidently, I took two more years of French at UNT, but I always regarded my instructor at Brookhaven Community College as the best). Now I find myself at the ripe old age of 34 and living in one of the most exciting cities ...Expand for more