It was a dream come true (to get drafted). It was my dream growing up, but you get the education here and get the tools you need.

I picked special needs because I was in special education growing up at Boca Elementary School and Boca Raton Middle School. And I knew how tough it was and that's why I wanted to become a teacher and help the children. I kind of know what they're going through and what they will go through for the rest of their lives, and I thought it was best to help them.

We're growing up, and we've got growing pains,

I think it's from moving around so much when I was growing up.

It reminds me of Miami when I was growing up in the 1950s. They've got grocery stores that make a 7-Eleven look like a Wal-Mart.

Growing up, I didn't know how dangerous his job was and I didn't know he was armed. When he got home, he didn't take his suit jacket off so we wouldn't see his gun.