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

教书，是因为我喜欢学习日历的步伐。六月，七月，8月提供了一个思考，研究和写作的机会。

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

我教书，是因为教学是建立在变化上的专业。当材料是一样的，我变了--而且，更重要的是，我的学生改变了。

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.

我教书，是因为我喜欢自由地犯错误，去学习我自己的课程，去激发自己和我的学生。作为一名教师，我是我自己的老板。如果我想让我的大学一年级学生通过自己的课本来学习写作，他就是说我不能写的?这样的课程可能是巨大的失败，但我们都可以从失败中吸取教训。

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.

我教书是因为我喜欢问学生必须努力去回答的问题。世界是full'of正确答案错误问题。在教书的时候，我有时会发现好的问题。

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

所以教学给我的节奏和多样性，以及挑战，并有机会继续学习。

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，我的学生在我面前成长和改变。有些人已经成为具有优秀的成功并找到好工作的博士生，有些人已经对城市贫民感兴趣，并作为民事权利的律师;有些人已经决定完成高中和上大学。

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.

但教学提供了一些除了金钱和权力，是爱。不仅是对学习的热爱和思想，而且是一个老师的爱，一个老师的生活，开始呼吸。也许爱是错误的话。

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

我教书是因为，我周围的人都开始呼吸，我偶尔发现自己在与他们一起呼吸。