What is it that turns otherwise reasonable individuals into physics teachers? I really don’t know, but after listening to colleagues’ stories over the years, I see that many of us came into the profession via rather unique routes — a mathematical physicist who failed algegra, a graphic artist who sought better answers, a novice biology teacher required to teach physics who stuck with it — and each one of us has a story to tell.
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