Or this one time when I was told I would never go to college...

During the scope of my federal lawsuit against my town and school for inaccessibility, one of the moments that has always stood out for me was flat out being told by an educator that I did not belong in an honors level English class because I was not going to college anyway and that I should just be in special education. I now have a bachelors and masters degree and am less than two years away from a doctorate degree, from the University of Illinois. That is something that stays with you, it grounds me in everything that I do. I firmly believe that everybody has potential to do great things. The only inhibitors of that are people like that who don’t get it. Unfortunately many individuals in my situation would have believed those words, I see it far too often. This is why I thrive on educating others and working with kids, to help them to realize that even though there may be naysayers in the world, there are other people who do believe in you.