I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.
I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.
A relationship with young people is very important to me. It's important to have a sense of what's going on in their world and not just in my own. So the opportunity teaching provides is a gift.
Obviously, we live in a society where ageing is feared. But, to me, the alternative to getting old isn't that great. I've got friends much older than me and much younger, and I love that. It means you get to teach as well as learn.
I never intended to be a teacher, but once I started teaching, I found that junior high kids are easy to get hooked on, and I stayed for nearly twenty years.
I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.
To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.
But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
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