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20 Inspiring Reasons Why You Love to Teach

April 28, 2015

It all started with a quote...

Qutoe: I teach because there is an excitement and joy and suspense in the journey

When we shared this quote from Rebecca Alber on Edutopia's Facebook page, we were amazed at the reaction--thousands of you shared it with your friends and hundreds responded with your own heartfelt reasons for why you love teaching. 

We were so inspired, we collected twenty of our favorites as a reminder for why teaching is such an amazing and worthwhile profession. So without further ado, here are...

This piece was originally submitted to our community forums by a reader. Due to audience interest, we’ve preserved it. The opinions expressed here are the writer’s own.

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