Amazing story, I don't think many people where I am from would ever experience what it's like to have to work so hard to get where you are. You deserve a medal! Truly shows what hard work and perseverance can achieve.

I work for a company in the UK which has a factory out in the Philippines, perhaps one day I might pass by a Filipino school and wonder what amazingly hard-working people the teachers there must be!

I wish you every success and for your students too!