When did I start crocheting? Who taught me?

I was teaching 1st grade in Howard Beach, N.Y. As a holiday gift a student gave me a beautiful handmade red crocheted scarf. I sent her mom a thank you note and expressed how much I loved it. Then I added that the best gift of all would be if she taught me how to do it! She was lovely. Everyday when school ended she would meet me in my classroom with yarn and hook in hand. I told her I wanted to make one of those 'square flower' afghans as my first project. I did not know at the time that they were granny squares but I did know that it was the 'coolest' thing to me. Let's remember this was 25 years ago.
From then on I have taught myself. I never use patterns - mainly because I have no patience to read them! Everything I make is an original pattern that I have created myself or have attempted to copy from seeing something I liked - in department stores, on television, on someone or in a boutique somewhere.
Crocheting and yarn are my passion and I hope to always enjoy it as much as I do now. I often think of the parent who taught me. Hopefully her daughter has as fond of memories of me as her first grade teacher as I do of her mom as my crochet teacher.