“I met her because I joined mariachi my freshman year, and since then, I see her every day for practice,” Rodriguesz said.

Some bonds start with a connection that are created by things people have in common

“(The first time I met her), I saw her help- ing out some students with their instruments and how to read the notes. She then came over to me and honestly I was expecting
for her to be mean or wierd, but it actually was the exact opposite. She helped me so much and made me feel super comfortable,” Rodriguez said.

Another example of bonds createdby mutually liking something else is Lessley Poot, 1, and English teacher Ms. Jasmine Gonzales’ friendship.

Poot considers Ms. Gonzalez her favor- ite teacher because they shared a similarinterest in anime and in Marvel.

“When I first met Ms. Gonzales, she was

the first day of school. I walked into her class and I saw all these posters of Marvel, and anime characters. I was surprised a teacher had those posters up in her classroom but

I instantly liked her knowing that Ms. Gon- zales was into those types of movies and shows. She was at the board writing down what we were going to say that day. She seemed really nice and she had candy on her desk. I instantly knew that this would be a fun class,” Poot said.

The best relationships are the ones that you least expect.

“She is my favorite teacher because we used to hang out during lunch time and eat, and sometimes paint,” Erick Medina, 1, said.

Medina built a great bond with Ms. Blanca Estrada because they would spend quality time during his lunch break.

“The first time I met her was when I saw her paintings in the class. I asked her if she does paintings and she told him that she does. She showed me paintings she had done and it looked pretty cool. Since that day, I started to hang out with her, and

I helped her to do the El Paso star in the mountain,” Medina said.

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