Did you enjoy going to school as a child? Were you a good student? What was your favorite subject or who was your favorite teacher?
I always really loved going to school and I had the potential to be a good student, but a lot of times I was lazy. I was the kid sitting on the bus in the morning finishing my homework when I got older and a lot of times, I'd let my grades slip at the beginning of the marking period and then drag them up after midterms. My favorite teacher was my 4th grade math teacher Mr. Perez. I went to advanced math and he was a 5th grade teacher. I was really hoping that I'd have him for 5th grade, and I did actually get assigned to him for that year, but on the last day of school in my 4th grade year, he decided to retire and I was heartbroken.

He was just such a really great teacher and very motivating. I was very disappointed to have lost the opportunity to spend a year in his classroom.