“迎大运师德师风”英语故事演讲比赛.docVIP

“迎大运师德师风”英语故事演讲比赛 why i teach good morning, ladies and gentlemen. im very honored to be here speaking to you all about why i teach. we are all teachers here, and i wonder if you’ve ever asked yourself the question, “ why do i teach?” “why do i teach?” i ask myself the same question time and again.certainly i don’t teach because it is easy for me. teaching is the most difficult job there is. for me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. red-eye, because i never feel ready to teach no matter how late i stay up preparing. sweaty-palm, because i’m always nervous before i enter the classroom, sure that i will be exposed for the fool that i am. sinking-stomach, because i leave the classroom an hour later convinced that i was even more boring than usual. why, then, do i teach？ i teach because teaching is a profession built on change. when the material is the same, i change – and more importantly, my students change. i teach because i like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to inspire myself and my students. as a teacher, i’m my own boss, and every year i return to my work with fresh ideas and a new sense of purpose. i teach because i like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. the world is filled with too many easy answers to bad questions. i have left out, however, the most important reasons why i teach. one is jian jun. he was a shy little boy from a poor family. one day i noticed that he used his paper twice. once with a pencil, then with a pen. i guess he didn?t have enough money to buy more paper. as a teacher, i can offer him my help easily. but he was very sensitive. how could i help him without letting him feel embarrassed? after class i asked him to my office. he was a bit nervous. first i gave him my suggestions on his writing. then i handed him a pile of white paper. “ by the way, i have too much paper here. i can?t use them up. could you please do me a favo