A Great Teacher

A Great Teacher

I've had all kinds of teachers during my lifetime.  Some have actually been paid to do the work.  Others have been friends, ministers, neighbors, and bosses.

In the movie The Emperor’s Club starring Kevin Kline, Mr. Hundert (his role), is given a plaque at the end of the movie.

“A great teacher has little external history to record.

His life goes over into other lives.

These men are pillars in the intimate structure of our schools.

They are more essential than its stones or beams.

And they will continue to be a kindling force,

And a revealing power in our lives.”

I love the line “…a revealing power in our lives.”

That is the epitome of what a teacher is all about. 

                        -Teachers reveal.

                    -Teachers plant seeds.

               -Teachers cultivate possibilities.

          -Teachers instill concepts.

     -Teachers help us sort out the mazes of life.

Here’s to those significant ‘teachers’ I’ve had in my life. 

 

Jim T

Jim V

Sara J

Howard L

Clifford F

Dr. A

Dr. Barbara M

Dr. Dan B

Lawrence O

Dr. Fred M

Wilbur B

To all ‘Teachers’: 

Your footprints are large on our backs.  Your influence goes with us every day.

We are wiser, more capable and better people for having had your influence on our lives.

To my Readers: 

You teach every moment of every day.  You lead by example, by words spoken, by the spirit in which you say those words, and a thousand other subtle acts and attitudes every day and in every interaction. 

May you become a revealing power in others’ lives.

P Michael Biggs

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