Why I Teach
Why I teach? My journey to teaching was long and winding. Even from a young age, when I would teach my younger sister the math that I'd learned in school that day, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. Unfortunately, upon high school graduation, I had no plan, no guidance, no idea what I wanted to do with my life. My parents moved to another state from our home of 5 years and left me behind to start college and pay my own rent. At 18 years old, I thought I was tough and wise and could handle it, but within a year, I packed up my little Honda Civic and moved to Texas to live with my family and begin anew. From that moment to the moment I r...