为什么要当教师（Why do you want to be a teacher）.doc

为什么要当教师（Why do you want to be a teacher） Peter. Beidele base. Ted from the United States readers Digest magazine in May 1985. The overwhelming majority of people are so distinguished because they have a group of unknown teachers when they need them. Why do you want to be a teacher? When my friend asked me this question, I told him I didnt want to be considered for an administrative position. What puzzles him is... What I have abandoned is obviously the path to success in life that all American children have been taught since childhood: money and power. Of course I dont want to be a teacher, because teaching is too difficult for me. In all the professions I wish to earn, bulldozers, carpenters, university administrators, writers - were the hardest teachers. For me, teaching means red eyes because Ive never been satisfied with my lessons, and I always get up late into the night the night before classes. Sweaty palms, because when I walk into the classroom, Im always nervous, for fear of being found stupid again. Heavy heart, because when I walk out of the classroom in an hour, it may be considered a more boring lesson than before. I dont want to be a teacher, because I think I always know the answer, or I always want to know what I know so that my students will accept it. I sometimes wonder if my students actually wrote down what I taught them in class So why do I have to be a teacher? I want to be a teacher because I like the pace of life offered by the school calendar. The holidays of June, July and August gave me a chance to think, study and write - to sum up my experience for future teaching. I teach because teaching is always a work with countless changes. Even when my teaching materials are the same, I always change the teaching methods, but more importantly, my students are always changing. I want to be a teacher because I like the freedom to make mistakes, the freedom to learn, and the freedom to motivate myself and my students. As a teacher, I am my own boss.