i want to teach because (and this might be a big release, so be ready) i grew up in a home that no one should have been allowed to inhabit. no heat, no ac, holes in the floors and walls, rodents and reptiles, an open space where a sliding glass door used to be, and a family income of roughly 400 dollars if we were lucky. my mom died when i was 11, and my dad when i was 14; i've been raised by my sister since i was 11, because my dad was a deadbeat.
soooooo, the point of all this is that without my teachers and guidance counselors i have no idea where i would be right now, certainly not in a class with any of you. my teachers made sure i knew that i had a future, and that i was not going to drop out of school to get a job and support my family like i could have. and that's what i want to do for other students, i want to be the person that makes their lives worth living, the person that gives them a future in spite of all the crap that goes on in this world.
hope this made sense and didn't seem neurotic or depressing