iteachbecauseilikethepaceoftheacademiccalendar.june,july,andaugustofferanopportunityforreflection,researchandwriting. 　　iteachbecauseteachingisaprofessionbuiltonchange.whenthematerialisthesame,ichange--and,moreimportant,mystudentschange. 　　iteachbecauseilikethefreedomtomakemyownmistakes,tolearnmyownlessons,tostimulatemyselfandmystudents.asateacher,i'mmyownboss.ifiwantmyfreshmentolearntowritebycreatingtheirowntextbook,whoistosayican'suchcoursesmaybehugefailures,butwecanalllearnfromfailures. 　　iteachbecauseiliketoaskquestionsthatstudentsmuststruggletoanswer.theworldisfull'ofrightanswerstobadquestions.whileteaching,isometimesfindgoodquestions. 　　soteachinggivesmepaceandvariety,andchallenge,andtheopportunitytokeeponlearning. 　　however,themostimportantreasonswhyiteacharethatmystudentsgrowupandchangeinfrontofme.somehavebecomedoctoralstudentswithexcellentsuccessandfoundgoodjobs;somehavebecomeinterestedintheurbanpoorandservedascivilrightslawyers;somehavedecidedtofinishhighschoolandgotocollege. 　　butteachingofferssomethingbesidesmoneyandpower.itofferslove.notonlytheloveoflearningandofbooksandideas,butalsothelovethatateacherfeelsforthatrarestudentwhowalksintoateacher'slifeandbeginstobreathe.perhapsloveisthewrongword.,magicmightbebetter. 　　iteachbecause,beingaroundpeoplewhoarebeginningtobreathe,ioccasionallyfindmyselfcatchingmybreathwiththem.