I
Teach
I light a spark in a darkened soul
I warm the heart of one grown cold
I look beyond and see within
Behind the face, beneath the skin
I quench a thirst, I soothe a pain
I provide the food that will sustain
I touch, I love, I laugh, I cry
Whatever is needed, I supply
Yet more than I give, I gain from each
I am most richly blessed—I teach.
Remember
to “light a spark” in your students.
Make it your utmost priority to set each of them aglow with a
desire to work harder, to search for answers, to acquire deeper
understandings, to love learning, and to be better people. If you
can do that, you have done your job uncommonly well. For it is you,
the teacher, who will determine whether your students walk away
“ignited” or “extinguished.” So set them
afire with learning's desire!
