Reasons+to+Teach+English+Language+Arts

**Reasons to Teach English Language Arts:**

 * Addicted to learning (from students to teachers, stay in school for forever)
 * Meaningfulness and self-satisfaction professionally
 * Always wanted to teach
 * Like being around adolescents / keep us young
 * Enjoy talking about literature, hearing others' perspectives
 * Engage meaningfully w/ literature
 * Social prestige
 * Career flexibility
 * See fruits of your labor / see kids improve
 * Be a part of discussion that has political ramifications / key part of that
 * Education as a form of public health
 * Share an environment w/ people of similar interests (colleagues)
 * Love reading and writing