Lecturer III and instructor in Language and Writing Studies, Amy Frasier
Lecturer III and instructor in Language and Writing Studies, Amy Frazier, has been an instructor at UTRGV for 25 years. Prior to that, she taught at the secondary level for seven years at Porter High School in Brownsville, Texas. Frazier tells UTRGV Radio when she was younger, being a teacher was the last thing on her mind.
[su_quote]“When I was a junior in high school and we were having lunch one day, my mother and I remember we were eating hamburgers and french-fries, and she was saying ‘I want you to be a teacher, I want you to be a teacher when you grow up,’ and I almost choked on the hamburger.”[/su_quote]
Before majoring in education, Frazier worked as a full time disc jockey at several radio stations, but realized that it was not for her. A colleague then gave her the idea to go back to graduate with her masters in English. Soon after, she applied to UT-Brownsville at the time has taught at the campus ever since.
[su_quote]“Years have gone by so fast. So fast. It’s like I’ve gone, I’ve taught several generations of students, and we’ve gone through so much technology.”[/su_quote]
Frazier explains that over the past 5-7 years, students have been clinically diagnosed with depression, anxiety and mental illnesses.
[su_quote]“…and how do I know? Because I read it in their essays, I’m not asking them, but I think they are crying out for help. They write in their essays, some come and talk to me in person.”[/su_quote]
Frazier tells UTRGV Radio that it is proven 4G is already causing physical and mental affects, and that if 5G is available it will get worse.
Although Frazier never wanted to become a teacher, she believes that she was put here in the right place and the right time for her students, and says it has been such a blessing.
“And I think that I wouldn’t have accomplished as much as I would have, if I didn’t become a teacher.”
