There are many commercials these days both on the radio and on the television that praise teachers. Why? Aside from a child's parents a teacher is the most important person in a child's life. They act as surrogate parents seven hours out of each day. Like parents, teacher's care, support, nurture, teach, and mentor a child while they are at school, and sometimes afterward. For professional sports players there is a Hall of Fame set up so that they may be recognized for their achievements. Teachers are professionals as well and deserve to be recognized in the same way. Although there is no such recognition for teachers, I am going to introduce the teachers that would be inducted into my Teacher's Hall of Fame.

The first inductee to be recognized would be my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Tijerina. At six years old the world is a very scary place...