Diana Bryant

On a sunny and windy day at Brownsville, Texas, Mrs. Diana Bryant, a geography teacher at Brownsville Early College High School executes her job and shares her knowledge as if it was the last day of her life, always with a positive attitude and a warm smile. Mrs. Bryant starts her day as usual; preparing a teaching schedule, having the materials needed to teach her subject, but most importantly she manages to create a learning ambiance of education, comfort, and entertainment where her students thrive to learn at their fullest.
In a big, warm, and cozy classroom, I could see how Mrs. Bryant combined art and geography as I noticed the different global climate posters drawings covering the white walls. On her desk, a decorative candle diffused …show more content…
Bryant fell in love with Geography by accident. Mrs. Diana Bryant obtained her bachelors in history and geography at The University of Texas at Brownsville. Being patriotic for her country, she decided to be a Texas and United States history teacher before focusing in the field of geography. She taught middle school students at a regular level, and as time progressed she decided to teach Pre-Ap classes with more advanced concepts. It wasn’t until she went back to college to take some courses to gain a higher education when she realized geography was her passion. Some essential courses she had to master in order to become a geography teacher were; anthropology, world geography, geology and world history. Her ambition to always learn new things and desire to be efficient in today’s world is what guided her towards her loving and true …show more content…
Diana Bryant, “World Geography can become a tedious and boring subject if it’s not taught properly.” World Geography, unlike mathematics or english classes that have uniformed rules and concepts, it is always changing. For instance we have, new landforms being created every single day, diseases, wars, heroes and ideas. Consequently, Mrs. Bryant has to apply her ingenuity, enthusiasm and creativity and elaborate activities that will give her students a better understanding. An effective activity that enriches her students’ knowledge is the creation of a documentary on a specific topic. This activity develops her students’ creativity and critical thinking by demanding them to meticulously research the topic and elaborate different ways on presenting the material. Activities like this one is what reveals Mrs. Bryant’s creativity, resourcefulness and how she interacts with her students. World Geography is an essential tool that helps Mrs. Diana Bryant grow as a person and allows her to help others. “A student does not only learn from her teacher, a teacher also learn from her students. In order to triumph in life, we need the help of others, and others need the help of us,” she establishes. Mrs. Bryant leaves us with a life lesson to be learned from: We need to create a world of helping hands, where helping others is helping ourselves because all