What interested you in wanting to become a professor in psychology?

For my online class this summer, I asked the students to tell me what was most important in the syllabus, or to ask me a question.
One student wrote:  "Dr. Oja, What interested you in wanting to become a professor in psychology?"

And I said:
"Let me count the ways!

• I love psychology.
• I love helping people.
• I wanted to work with disadvantaged youth.
• I love talking.
• I don't like getting up in the mornings.
• I like that every class, every semester, is different.  Although every semester is similar, there's always a new challenge.  You can never know exactly the best way to teach."