What's a hero? A hero is define as "one that is much admired or shows great courage" by the Merriam Webster's Notebook Dictionary. A hero can also be define as what Benito Pablo Juarez is to Mexico. Benito was born in a small village in Oaxaca called San Pablo Guelatao on March 21, 1806 in a two roomed cottage with floors of dirt. Benito was born to Marcelino Juarez and Grigida Garcia two catholic Zapotec indians. Benito …showed first 75 words of 653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 653 total…up my mind to leave this miserable school and to try to teach my self from then on." And he did Benito started to study on his own what he could. Using little scraps of paper. Every day Benito would see the other children, go to school, and come back holding notebooks. Benito did not like the idea of becoming a priest, but he knew the only way for him to get a good education.