I had decent grades in middle school, but I could have been much better, especially in high school. My father was the only one to graduate from high school and my mother only went to school until sixth grade. He had to stay at home and take care of his brothers and sisters. I don't blame my parents because they didn't have a very educated background. They did their best in the educational process. When I was little I didn't have a very large vocabulary, but now I'm trying to improve myself through reading and education. When my daughters were very little, all I did was read to them and work with them on their name, ABC numbers, etc. When you're an employee in the school system, you see a lot of what kids need to know, academically. I push my girls because I want them to be better than me and I don't want them to struggle that much or at all but………… My vision as a future teacher is to ask a lot of questions about teaching reading, writing, math , grammar, etc. I want indictments from veteran teachers and 1st year teachers. I want to be the best teacher I could be. I want to learn the ins and outs of teaching. I want to be a dedicated, reliable, patient, responsible, open-minded, effective and competent teacher who loves his job for all the right reasons, teaching and caring