Reyes Guana grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet. At weekends, the whole (1)f went to fields to work. When the children were young, they stayed in the car. As they grew (2)o they worked too.
As a boy, Guana was a "very shy" child who was very (3)q in school. He had few friends but he had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He liked to call the friendly lady "Nike" because she usually wore Nike clothes and shoes. Nike was well organized and the boy liked (4)h she made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. "Well, it's good if you want to be a cleaner," Nike said to little Guana with (5)k . "But make sure you go to college and make it as one of your steps there."
Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. He was a tall and good﹣looking man. Also, he always went to someone in (6)n . The principal told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. "Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you're doing." "Well, you can do it!" the principal (7)r . Guana did get there, and the two men remain friends. The former principal is now almost 90 years old.
But (8)b becoming a school principal, Guana followed in Nike's footsteps and worked for three schools in Lodi, California. And being a cleaner at a school made him think about how to show respect for everyone in an organization. In Guana's school system today, everyone is (9) i to parties and events. Everyone is important not only the people who clean the floors or drive the buses but also the people who teach the students or lead the schools.
He never (10)f where he came from, or how he felt. Now, Guana tells his own three children how important an education is for their lives.