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关键词:educators, why, reason
We’ve talked a lot about how the 1)recession has impacted your education. Teachers are affected, too. We’ve seen 2)layoffs; we’ve seen budget cuts. Considering all of the challenges that teachers face, it raises the question: why teach? Well, recently, we asked educators to tell us why they do it, what they love about their jobs. Take a listen to some of their replies.
Omekongo Dibinga (Washington, D.C.): I became a teacher because there is a quotation that says children are the messages that we send to a future that we just don’t know. And I 3)thrive every day with the possibility that I can help shape a positive message for the future.
Jason Gatson (Fort Worth, Texas): I believe in knowledge and I believe that very few professions offer you the chance to influence the future like teaching does. Granting somebody the gift of knowledge can lead them to a better life that they otherwise would not have had.
W. J. O’Reilly (New York City): If, as a teacher, I can suppress my own 4)egotistical idea that I know the truth, then I give my students the chance to test their opinions and follow those intellectual threads inward to their own self discovery, with guidance of course. This is inner-motivation, and it’s why I call myself a teacher every day.
经济不景气影响了学生的教育,我们已经探讨过太多这方面的问题了。其实,老师们也受到了影响,例如裁员、财政紧缩等等。考虑到老师们面对的种种挑战,我们不禁要问,人们为什么还愿意当老师呢?最近,我们邀请教育工作者说说他们为何会踏上从教之路,以及这一职业的吸引人之处。我们来听听其中一些老师的回答。
奥米刚果·迪本加(华盛顿特区):我之所以选择当一名教师,是因为那一句老话:儿童是我们向未知的未来发出的信息。我每天勤恳工作,就是希望我为未来塑造一个积极正面的信息。
詹森·贾特森(德克萨斯州沃思堡市):我相信知识的力量,我相信很少有哪个职业能像教师那样让你有机会影响未来。赋予别人知识这一礼物,他们就能过上更加美好的生活,没有知识的力量也许就无法实现这一点。
W·J·奥赖利(纽约市):作为一名教师,如果我可以抑制自己的自我的想法——我知道事情的真相的话,那他们就有机会检验自己的想法,顺着知识的脉络直达内心深处,实现自我发现。当然,这一切都会在老师的引导下进行。这是对内心世界的一种激发。这就是我为什么每天都把自己称作老师的原因。 
