Charles B.

I am in my eleventh year as a public school teacher with the Rankin County School District, where I have taught English for ten years and led ACT preparation classes. Before that, I spent three years teaching GED courses at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, where our program helped a record number of students earn their GEDs. Outside the classroom, I have been married for 25 years, and my wife and I have raised five children, now ages 16 to 23. I have served (and still do) as a…