Teaching is a performance art. When I consider my class, I think about what I can do that will get them to think differently (i.e., learn). I really enjoy this process--making plans that will surprise and delight my students. I also enjoy the actual teaching process--watching them as they interact with the ideas I bring to the classroom.
When I am with other people who feel about teaching the same way I do, we have wonderful conversations about things we have tried and what the results have been. The feeling I get is very similar to the feeling I get as a musician when the music I'm playing is going well.
I have been a teacher of one sort or another for thirty years and I am still not tired of watching people learn and being a part of people's lives in this way.
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