Every child needs a Mrs. Patton in life. That’s what Tracy Ross, mother and novelist from Cincinnati, Ohio, thinks. Her son, Kamran, 17, was born with brain-based developmental delays. However, he had a Mrs. Patton—a loving, nurturing, and giving teacher—and it altered the course of Kamran’s life. Under the selfless care of Mrs. Patton, Kamran excelled; he skipped a grade and graduated from high school with honors at age 17. He is now studying meteorology, “his passion,” at Ohio State University. “[Teachers] are the backbone of every school in America. They are the people that our children rely on for success,” Ross told The Epoch Times. Kamran was born in Fairfield, Ohio, on Sept. 11, 2002—on the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. His birth brought joy and hope to his mother. “The first time I saw him I was taken in by how beautiful he was. He had a short crown of …