Why Teach? Hello everyone! My name is Channing Hanks and I have known I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. To my family, it was no surprise that my favorite activity to do was to "play teacher." My mom was the principal at the elementary school I attended. My dad is an educator as well. As if having both parents in the education field was not enough, all of my grandparents are educators as well. My grandfather was the head principal at one of the high schools and is now a special education teacher at another high school in the district. My grandmother is a paraprofessional in the special education department at the same school. My other grandmother was a writing teacher at the same high school where my grandpa was the principal; they even worked together there simultaneously. Needless to say, I have been surrounded by education my entire life, and hearing their stories impacted me and pushed me to go into Elementary Education. I would like to return t...