From class president at East Mecklenburg High School to English teacher at Butler High School. It sounds like a linear story, until it isn’t. In between Grant Dunham was a JAG lawyer and a prosecutor. He’s still a lawyer, devoting his time, skills, and energy to expanding the world of possibilities through education, demonstrating to high school kids that anything is possible, just look only at his life and his choices.
Grant’s path to high school teacher is made more remarkable by its timing. Last year, after serving 10 years as a JAG lawyer, with stints as a District Attorney interspersed between, Grant thought about doing something different. As public education became polarized due, in part, to the debate surrounding its response to Covid-19, Grant decided that rather than talk about the problem, or file a lawsuit to reopen the schools, he would take it upon himself to run to the fire. As teachers and families left CMS, Grant ran to them.
Perhaps it’s no surprise that a person who would die for his country would run to kids in need. What drove the decision to be a high school English teacher? What have you learned about yourself during that process? What do you learn from the kids? Let’s start there and see where this goes. Welcome to the human lawyer podcast, Grant.
Grant is speaking in his personal capacity. The views expressed are personal views and not necessarily those of CMS, DoD, or their components.
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