Why do I want to become a teacher?

I want to become a special education teacher because ever since I was younger I have always had someone in my life who had special needs. Growing up my next door neighbor and close friend Marshall had autism, and I would play with him almost every day, I had to learn at a very young age about his condtition and how to communicate with him in ways that was easy for him to understand without his anger getting the best of him. In Junior High and throughout High School I developed a very good relationship with a boy named Eric. Eric has down syndrom and I had to understand that he has the developmental skills of someone much younger than he, so I had to talk to him in ways where he could understand. Ever since than I developed a interest in special education, and a few years ago I decided it is what I wanted to do when I'm older.