text:  My grades were bad. I would get D's and C's. I appeared to be doing good at my school life, but if you would see me at home, it would have been a completely different story. I mean, it was just rough focusing on school when your mother is somebody you have to take care of. It got worse and worse and worse throughout the years. There are students who need somebody. They can trust someone, and it could be the first person they've ever trusted in their life.