Attending elementary school as a young boy, I remember many occasions when I asked my mom and dad to help me with my homework, especially math. I wasn’t very good at math, and I think that led me to dislike it even more, procrastinate, and sometimes not do it at all. I just wanted my parents to do it for me. I remember trying every trick I could think of to get my mom to do the math problems on a separate sheet of paper and I would just copy what she wrote on my own homework paper. But, to my later benefit, she never did. She would say things like, “I can’t be with you in the classroom to help you when the teacher calls on you. You have to know it for yourself.” Math was hard for me, and I struggled for a long time. Eventually, things got better, and that would have never happened without my parents' guidance. Rather than just trying to get through the assignments (and reach my ultimate goal of summer break), I had to do it on my own. It was the only way I could actually “know” math for myself. Thank you, Mom and Dad!