When I was 13 my Dad passed away & from that moment on I have stayed busy... then, in 1999, I became involved in everything I could @ school & now I work 2 jobs. Its the way I coep w/ things. He was one of very few teachers that was there for me. He was our choir director & he taught me to sing. At the end of that yr I tried out for our schools best group & the next yr I was part of it! He taught me to work hard w/ our groups practices after school... & showed us where hard work would get us... performances all over the county & a step above the rest as we entered high school chorus. He changed my life for the better, music (both singing & playing) became my life as a tween-teen! I listened to music to deal w/ whatever... being sick, being angry, anything... it always made me feel better. And HE was the one that turned that "like" of music into a "love" of music. He is an awesome teacher, the best music teacher I ever had & I hate that he has done this because now so many kids are going to miss out on knowing what its like to have him as a teacher.... just 1 lapse in judgement has changed his whole life