Tell us why you became a teacher

I became a teacher because during university days when studying engineering I was tutoring classmates and they starting getting better grades than me. I figured I'm pretty good at this and switched majors and it was the best decision I ever made. I love to see and hear the wonder of a student that said they didn't like science.

Tell us about your most memorable teaching experience

My most recent memorable experiences was when a student transfered in from a big city to our school. She didn't participate so every day I would ask her if she was going to participate. Day after day she said no. I said OK maybe tomorrow. After two weeks of this she asked me "You're never gonna stop are you? "I said nope. She started participating passed my class, went to vocational school and on her last day of high school she stopped in and just talked my ear off about becoming a vet tech.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use this money to remove the mold from my house that I can't afford to remediate. If there is any left over I would buy my son and his girlfriend plane tickets to fly to see us.