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?yàn)槲蚁矚g學(xué)習(xí)日歷的步伐。六月，七月，8月提供了一個(gè)思考，研究和寫作的機(jī)會(huì)。

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?yàn)榻虒W(xué)是建立在變化上的專業(yè)。當(dāng)材料是一樣的，我變了--而且，更重要的是，我的學(xué)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?yàn)槲蚁矚g自由地犯錯(cuò)誤，去學(xué)習(xí)我自己的課程，去激發(fā)自己和我的學(xué)生。作為一名教師，我是我自己的老板。如果我想讓我的大學(xué)一年級(jí)學(xué)生通過(guò)自己的課本來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)寫作，他就是說(shuō)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(xùn)。

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?yàn)槲蚁矚g問(wèn)學(xué)生必須努力去回答的問(wèn)題。世界是full'of正確答案錯(cuò)誤問(wèn)題。在教書的時(shí)候，我有時(shí)會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)好的問(wèn)題。

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

所以教學(xué)給我的節(jié)奏和多樣性，以及挑戰(zhàn)，并有機(jī)會(huì)繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)。

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(xué)生在我面前成長(zhǎng)和改變。有些人已經(jīng)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(jīng)對(duì)城市貧民感興趣，并作為民事權(quán)利的律師;有些人已經(jīng)決定完成高中和上大學(xué)。

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(xué)提供了一些除了金錢和權(quán)力，是愛。不僅是對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)的熱愛和思想，而且是一個(gè)老師的愛，一個(gè)老師的生活，開始呼吸。也許愛是錯(cuò)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?yàn)?，我周圍的人都開始呼吸，我偶爾發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在與他們一起呼吸。