Why UW-Whitewater

ROBERT BENJAMIN

I teach because I believe everyone should understand physics.

I teach because I want people to appreciate the underlying beauty and simplicity of nature.

I teach because physics is "uncommon sense."

I teach because I'm a bit of a ham.

I teach because it gives me a chance to lie on a bed of nails, spin a bicycle tire filled with concrete, charge people up to 100,000 volts, and inform students with tales of the galaxy.

I teach for that moment when students find they can answer questions they never knew they had.

I teach because the future of our technological society depends on citizens who understand the basis of technology.

I teach because, as I like to say, the robots are our future... and someone has to teach the people who build the robots!

I teach because I can't help myself-it's who I am.

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