第三单元我为什么当教师你为什么要教书呢？当我告诉一位朋友我不想谋求行政职务时，他便向我提出这一问题。
所有美国人受的教育是长太成人后应该追求金钱和权力9而我却偏偏不要明明是朝这个目标“迈进”的工作，他为之大惑不解。
Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him thatI didn't want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puz-zled that I did not want what was obviously a "step up" toward what allAmericans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power.当然，我之所以教书不是因为我觉得教书轻松。
我做过各种各样的工作，藉以谋生：机修工、木工、作家，教书可是其中最难的一行。
对我来说，教书是个会令人熬红眼睛、手掌出汗、精神沮丧的职业。
说熬红眼睛，这是因为我晚上无论各课各到多晚，总觉得各得还不充分。
说手掌出汗，这是因为我跨进教室之前总是非常紧张，自信学生一定会发觉原来我是个傻瓜蛋。
说精神沮丧，这是因为我1小时后走出教室时，确信这堂课上得比平常还要平淡无味。
Certainly I don't teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is themost difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: me-chanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-pain,sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach nomatter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I'm always ner-vous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for thefool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hourlater convinced that I was even more boring than usual.我之所以教书，也不是因为我认为自己能够解答问题，或者因为我有满腹学问，觉得非与别人分享不可。
