A short YouTube monologue (uploaded by Clegg) in which the speaker explains why they keep teaching: intense curiosity drives their motivation to learn, and that learning naturally leads to teaching. The speaker emphasizes connecting disparate ideas, feeling compelled to share discoveries, and asserts that mastering the role of student is a prerequisite to becoming a great teacher.
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You know, some people probably wonder, like, why do you do what you do? Why do you. How do you stay motivated to, like, like, keep teaching people stuff? And the reality is, the greatest motivation for me in teaching is the fact that I'm so curious. Like, my motivation to learn is greater than my motivation to teach. My motivation to teach actually is born out of my motivation to learn. I wonder, how does that work? How does this work? How does that thing work? How does this thing over here work? I wonder what that has to do with this. I wonder what this has to do with that. And my curiosity just drives me bananas. And then when I find out how it works, and then I find a connection between two seemingly unrelated things, I just have to tell everybody because I think it's so cool. And sometimes people look at me like, you talking about, bro. But the reality is, it changes the game when you understand it at that level. Learning is the seed to teaching. And until you become a great student, you will never be a great teacher.