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And God created the teacher ...
On the 6th day,
God created men & women.
On the 7th day,
he rested. Not so much to recuperate, but rather to prepare himself
for the work he was going to do the next day.
For it was on the 8th day that God created the teacher.
This teacher, though taken from among men and women,
had several significant modifications.
In general, God made the teacher more durable than other men and
women. The teacher was made to arise at a very early hour and to
go to bed no earlier than 11:30 PM, with no rest in between.
The teacher had to be able to withstand being locked up in an air-
tight room with 25-35 little monsters on a rainy Monday.
And the teacher had to be fit to correct 103 term papers
over Easter vacation.
Yes, God made the teacher tough - but gentle too. The teacher
was equipped with soft hands to wipe away the tears of the
neglected and lonely student... of the 16-year-old girl who was not
asked to the prom.
And into the teacher God poured a generous amount of patience.
Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions the teacher
had just repeated for someone else. Patience when the kids forgot
their lunch money for the 4th day in a row. Patience when 1/3 of
the class failed the test. Patience when the text books haven't
arrived yet, and the semester started yesterday.
And God gave the teacher a heart slightly bigger than the average
human heart. For the teacher's heart had to be big enough to love
the kid who screams, "I hate this class--it's boring!" and to
love the kid who runs out of the class at the end of the period
without so much as a goodbye or a thank you.
And lastly, God gave the teacher an abundant supply of hope. For
God knew that the teacher would always be hoping.
Hoping that the students would one day learn to spell...
hoping not to have lunchroom duty...
hoping that Friday would come...
hoping for a free day...
hoping for deliverance.
When God finished creating the teacher, he stepped back and
admired the work of his hands. And God saw that the teacher was
good, very good. And God smiled, for when he looked at the
teacher, he saw into the future. He knew that the future was in the
hands of the teachers.