To teach is to touch the lives of many <br />And to help us learn Life's lessons. <br />But to teach well is to make a difference <br />In all the lives you touch. <br /> <br />To teach is to be a parent, nurse, friend, and confidant; <br />To be a supporter, a teacher and a motivator. <br />But to teach well is to be all if these things, <br />Yet not to lose sight of who you are. <br />You share a part of yourself <br />With all those lives you have touched. <br /> <br />To teach is to be tender, loving, <br />strong and giving to all who rely upon you; <br />To encourage and praise. <br />But to teach well is to believe in what and whom you teach. <br /> <br />A teacher comes to master these many jobs <br />throughout the years. <br />But those who teach well <br />recognize that there will always be more <br />to learn in life's journey, <br />and they never hesitate to strive to learn it.<br /><br />Jann Matthew Papin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/teaching-is-a-lifelong-journey/
