Scavenger Hunt Marker 1

Sarah and I at the marker in front of the courthouse. PS everyone was staring at us when we were taking our selfie. 

Welcome to my first post, on my first blog that I have ever made for myself. The riddle that was given to us was "Where would they first educate Mexican schoolchildren? If you look nearby, you may see a place where some people without an education have unfortunately spent some time." The answer to that riddle was the Cheston L. Heath School marker and we found that at the Nueces County Courthouse, hence the part of the riddle stating how some people without an education would end up spending some time here. I thought that pun was pretty clever, my partner in crime for this scavenger hunt is Sarah Pinson and we went in search for this marker with my dad after school on Friday. It took us about fifteen minutes to drive downtown and find the marker because we already had an idea of where it was at. We knew because of certain hints that were being said in class and because Martinez posted a picture on Twitter showing us the picture of the marker. Sometimes social media is always a help when answering any types of questions.

Thumbs up to the Cheston L. Heath School marker. 

 The significance that this has for Corpus Christi History is that Mexican Americans were given the opportunity to receive an education from teacher Rose Dunne back in the 1896. Due to her experiment of teaching Mexican Americans, she taught them for fifty years and in the 1900's the city actually gave recognition and gave it a name, which was "Mexican School." By having this school, Mexicans were able to read,write, and speak in English. This school allowed them to achieve more than their parents did, which will allow their children to obtain a better education, which could lead to a better life than the ones that their parents had. Personally I'm glad this school was around during that time because possibly without having this school, Mexicans now would still be uneducated and working low income jobs.