I do not, but my wife does. She is a professor of English and she relates stories to me of her classes daily. One thing that helps her classes is that she alway

I do not, but my wife does. She is a professor of English and she relates stories to me of her classes daily. One thing that helps her classes is that she always explains why they need to learn something, and she never introduces a lesson that doesn't further her own learning outcomes that she has set up (for intro classes she structures such that students are ready for her upper level courses, and for those courses she structures such that students will be able to succeed not only in English but also in other areas as well). Yep, and I guarantee you that unless she is teaching only electives she has students who would rather not have to take her class. I was a professor of Physics for a decade. I worked hard at it, was considered excellent and lively and all the good stuff. I also did what your wife does. Yet, there are students who didn't want to be there, pure and simple. Sometimes it takes a little wisdom imparted by time to know what you should like, and many students don't have that maturity yet.