I’M GLAD I AM A TEACHER
I would rather be a
teacher than a statesmen,
For he deals with
finished citizens,
I deal with future
citizens.
I would rather be a
teacher than a great business executive,
For he works with facts
and figures and lifeless coins,
But I work with minds
that are open,
With the future that
unfolds and principles that grow.
I would rather be a
teacher than a potter,
For he shapes vessels of
clay,
But I shape destinies.
I would rather be a
teacher than an archaeologist,
For he unearths buried
treasure,
But I unearth talent.
I would rather be a
teacher than an explorer,
For he explores
uncharted seas,
But I explore uncharted
minds
and discover treasure
island
And continents of untold
possibilities.
I would rather be a
teacher than a scientist,
For though he studies
the wonders of rocks,
and the beauty of the
stars,
and the miracles of
planets
and the glory of the
skies,
I deal with that which
is still more miraculous
In the throbbing human
hearts,
unfolding human lives and the information
of lifetime character.
