When I was a kid, I wanted to be a history teacher.
My parents are in public education, and history was my favorite subject in school. So, 2+2=4 (see, I can do math too!), and those two things together made it make sense for me to be a history teacher.
History is focusing on past events, cultures and civilizations and helps us find out how we got to where we are today. Also, in the words of the late great William Faulkner, “The past is not dead; it’s not even past.” History lives in and through us and helps us know what paths to take with our collective future on this rock hurling through space.