Why photography?

I started a passion for photography while I was student teaching in Caledonia, MI. I was teaching 10th grade Biology for 3 block periods and I had the 4th block as planning. A teacher across the hall from my adopted classroom taught a photography elective during the day but had his planning period during the 4th block as well. He took me under his wing for that semester teaching me the finer, basic points of photography and the art of B & W darkroom techniques.

How did you start a passion for photography?