Sharon K.

Hello, My name is Sharon. I grew up in a family that considered education to be essential to a child's preparation for life. My father would give as many definitions as possible for any word I asked him about. If he did not feel he had given me enough information about a word, he would go to the dictionary or encyclopedia and look it up. He and my grandmother read aloud to me, and my mother helped with my homework. Through their dedication to learning, they taught me to study deeply for under…