Episode 22 - Never Stop Learning

Growth isn't always linear — and neither is the road that gets you where you're going. In this episode, Peter reconnects with Rosa Maria Weaver, his former IB Spanish teacher from high school in St. Augustine, Florida. Rosa Maria opens up about growing up in Mexico City, navigating a rigid class system, and the culture shock of studying archaeology alongside Marxist-Leninist refugee professors after a childhood in a strict, conservative Catholic school. She traces her path from arriving in the U.S. not speaking English, to decades in the classroom, to retiring... and coming right back because she "just can't quit." Along the way: the neuroscience of relearning a language in your 60s, surprising parallels between school systems across Latin America, and what it means to parent differently than you were raised. Rosa Maria's advice to her younger self says it all — travel more, don't wait, and live in the present, because it passes fast. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday, clips every Friday. Follow @The_catchinguppodcast for more.