I did. I am what I am today because of my teachers.

Not necessarily the ones in the teaching profession only but many others who were willing to spare whatever part of their precious time to talk, guide and share their knowledge and experiences with me. I don't blindly accept everything I hear but with my gathered information, I decide what's applicable to my own life. I was an average student but got just a little bit smarter with smarter friends.

Oh and re the friends who were willing to impart their knowledge, I still prefer teachers for their patience but even my banker friends help - they fire me for asking stupid questions but have pity on poor old blur me and eventually answer. They understand (eventually) that I did all I possibly could to find my way around FRICT and CAPM, etc and only asked them as a last resort.
/You wouldn't believe that huge nightmare for a non-quantitative thinker! I remember the experience of overcoming an impossibility .. but that's all I remember.

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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama