Money!
well,
well, no, not actually
1) I don’t really need the money
2) it actually decreases my income at this time in my life
(but I don’t turn the money down)
So,
money (extrinsic reward; generalized conditioned reinforcer)
other possible satisfactions from teaching?
- Security (probably illusionary, also extrinsic)
- Prestige (attention, recognition, self-esteem; extrinsic)
- Power (influence, control, autonomy; possibly intrinsic and/or extrinsic)
- Social (relatedness, socialization opportunities; possibly intrinsic and/or extrinsic)
- Generativity (passing on to next generation, paying back; probably intrinsic)
- Task satisfaction (competence, self-esteem?; probably intrinsic)
- others?
So,
- Probably many reasons.