Most teachers share knowledge with students all, <br />And help them learn the things they ought in life, <br />And train and groom them for the exam-hall, <br />And eke a livelihood, avoiding strife. <br /> <br />How should students repay their sacrifice, <br />Devotion, love and labour, teachers lend? <br />–Obedience, industriousness suffice, <br />With reverence to teachers till the end. <br /> <br />One can’t repay a teacher’s service, love, <br />Or priceless time, attention rendered free; <br />When students toil to rise in life, and prove <br />Much greater than their teachers tend to be, <br /> <br />It fills a teacher’s heart with joy to know, <br />His work was useful to students somehow! <br /> <br /> <br />(3-07-’11)<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-students-duty-to-teachers/
