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“Why don't you get a real job?”: Professors who enjoy their work
Author(s) -
Peter G. Beidler
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.37219862810
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , work (physics) , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , public relations , social psychology , political science , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence
Professors love what they do for a living because it providesthem freedom, variety, a chance to keep on learning, and theopportunity both to be near young people and, through them,to change the world. They cannot imagine a better life.