為什么我教書 Why I Teach

I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research and writing.

教書，是因為我喜歡學習日歷的步伐。六月，七月，8月提供了一個思考，研究和寫作的機會。

I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change--and, more important, my students change.

我教書，是因為教學是建立在變化上的專業(yè)。當材料是一樣的，我變了--而且，更重要的是，我的學生改變了。

I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I'm my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can' t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

我教書，是因為我喜歡自由地犯錯誤，去學習我自己的課程，去激發(fā)自己和我的學生。作為一名教師，我是我自己的老板。如果我想讓我的大學一年級學生通過自己的課本來學習寫作，他就是說我不能寫的?這樣的課程可能是巨大的失敗，但我們都可以從失敗中吸取教訓。

I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full'of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes find good questions.

我教書是因為我喜歡問學生必須努力去回答的問題。世界是full'of正確答案錯誤問題。在教書的時候，我有時會發(fā)現好的問題。

So teaching gives me pace and variety, and challenge,and the opportunity to keep on learning.

所以教學給我的節(jié)奏和多樣性，以及挑戰(zhàn)，并有機會繼續(xù)學習。

However, the most important reasons why I teach are that my students grow up and change in front of me. Some have become doctoral students with excellent success and found good jobs; some have become interested in the urban poor and served as civil rights lawyers; some have decided to finish high school and go to college.

然而，我教的最重要的原因是，我的學生在我面前成長和改變。有些人已經成為具有優(yōu)秀的成功并找到好工作的博士生，有些人已經對城市貧民感興趣，并作為民事權利的律師;有些人已經決定完成高中和上大學。

But teaching offers something besides money and power.it offers love. Not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher's life and begins to breathe.Perhaps love is the wrong word., magic might be better.

但教學提供了一些除了金錢和權力，是愛。不僅是對學習的熱愛和思想，而且是一個老師的愛，一個老師的生活，開始呼吸。也許愛是錯誤的話。

I teach because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I occasionally find myself catching my breath with them.

我教書是因為，我周圍的人都開始呼吸，我偶爾發(fā)現自己在與他們一起呼吸。