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In middle school, I had the best math teacher I've ever had, and he was deaf... and I felt inspired by him. I knew from then on that I wanted to be a math teacher.

I was going to go back to college and become a math teacher.

Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

I was a mathematics major and really into math.

I wanted to be a teacher.

I did math in school, obviously. And I loved all my math teachers.

After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.

I always wanted to be a teacher.

My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.

I was particularly good at math and science.