A Teacher's Voice
What do I love about teaching?

What do I love about teaching? (from a 1st grade teacher)
What do I love about teaching? (from a HS Science teacher)
What do I like about teaching? (from a HS teacher)

What do I love about teaching?

I love the kids!  I am excited every morning to wake up and enter my classroom because I know that my students will present me with new challenges every minute of my day.  I love when they learn something new and begin to smile from ear to ear.  It is great to celebrate the love of learning that occurs every day in classrooms all around the world.  I am extremely proud to be involved in a profession that that is so exciting and challenging!

First grade teacher

What do I love about teaching?

I love experiencing with my students the “Aha!” moment of discovery as they make the connection between the concepts and real life experience.

It is very gratifying to hear from former students who tell you how much the hard work in their AP course helped them in college.

My students who come every day with challenging questions and new ways to look at the world or to solve a problem make my teaching meaningful.

High School Science Teacher

What do I like about teaching?

Teaching is dynamic, exciting and ever changing.   Students make my day!  No day is quite the same, no lesson quite the same.  Current issues keep lessons fresh and relevant.   The reward is seeing a student take pride in a job well done or a concept mastered.   These words of Lee Iacocca seem to summarize my feelings - "In a completely rational society the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have."

High School Teacher


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