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Sunday, May 14, 2006
The ART of TEACHING . . .
I like the answer a teacher gave when asked the subjects she taught. She replied: “I do not teach subjects, I teach students.
A teacher with this spirit is our greatest servant. She does not merely fill minds, she frees minds. She does more that teach facts, she inspires growth. She does more than teach boys and girls how to make a living, she teaches them to live great lives. She does not teach them what to think, she teachs them how to think. She helps tem to know the world and to live in it as world citizens.
Such a teacher strives to pass on to her pupils the love of learning. She shares with them her knowledge of books and beauty. She strives to cultivate wonder and awareness. She helps tem to discover themselves and their infinite possibilities. She helps them to help themselves. She believes in children!
Unknown, unsung, the teacher does the noblest work on earth. She cultivates the tiny seeds of genius that they may blossom forth in all their glory. She lights candles of greatness to dissolve the darkness of ignorance and fear. She is a quiet worker building the foundations of tomorrow.