Glad To be a Teacher

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.