The Crux of Teaching

• A is for the abundance of questions and yearning
  
  
• B if for both inward and outward beauty
  
  
• C is for creative learning
  
  
• D is for doing it over ’til it’s right
  
  
• E is for the effort you pour into preparing each night
  
  
• F is for watching how far we can go
  
  
• G is for seeing us blossom and grow
  
  
• H is for reaching for that star so high
  
  
• I is for imagination, for the courage to try
  
  
• J is for joy in touching a child’s life in a meaningful way
  
  
• K is for kindness you bring to children each day
  
  
• L is for the love of teaching we see
  
  
• M is for the “me” you’re helping me to be
  
  
• N is for never being to busy to pray
  
  
• O is for overcoming our desire to stray
  
  
• P is for positives you bring to each
  
  
• Q is for the quintessential way to teach
  
  
• R is for your willingness to give us a reason
  
  
• S is for teaching us to appreciate each season
  
  
• T is for touching those that sit before you
  
  
• U is for understanding our fear of all that is so new
  
  
• V is for the vitality you show each day
  
  
• W is for every wonderment you bring our way
  
  
• X is for the extra special teacher we see
  
  
• Y is for our sense of yearning to be, and
  
  
• Z is for the big “yahoo” send from your very own “zoo”!

Author Unknown
Some students drink from the fountain of knowledge Others just gargle.
You might be a teacher if you have at least one piece of jewellery that lights up.
You might be a teacher if your own children have to raise their hands to capture your attention.