Brett Patton

I was in the Oil & Gas business for 25 yrs, primarily in production. I worked my way up from a roust-a-bout to owner of my own production corporation. I really enjoyed the oil business and the people that were involved in it. Because of family tragedies and the low price of oil I was forced to sell our production and assets. God opens doors all the time, and an opportunity to become a teacher fell in my lap. Teaching and guiding young minds is truly a calling and more importantly a real blessing. I was involved in educating and shaping the minds of over 1000 young men and women. Unless you have ever taught public school in Texas you really can not understand how the politics from above can really jade you on being an educator. My classrooms were orderly and engaging, my athletes were always disciplined and respectful, my TAKS scores were in the upper 90's but I like all teachers were ...