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He gave us special friends
To help us understand His world
And truly conprehend
The beauty and the wonder
Of everything we see,
And become a better person
With each discovery.
When God created teachers,
He gave us special guides
To show us ways in which to grow
So we can all decide
How to live and how to do
What's right instead of wrong,
To lead us so that we can lead
And learn how to be strong.
Why God created teachers,
In His wisdom and His grace,
Was to help us learn to make our world
A better, wiser place.
*Author Unknown
Today I hurry off to school,
To work and learn and play
I'm in a brand new grade this year.
What a happy day!!!!!
*Author Unknown
Dear Teacher,
Today I turn some of my little girl's life over to you.
It is not easy for me, because I held her so tight when
she was newborn. And I taught her and she felt the love of her family.
But today a new chapter in her life begins,
And for a few hours I will not be there to answer the questions, kiss her
bruises...to "save her" from some pain, but you will be there.
Be kind, she is small. She has so much to give, and so much to learn. And
so for those few hours when she is yours, remember, I held her tightly, I share
her dreams, her hopes.
Give her love and help her learn
And when the day is over, send her home unharmed.
*Eden Taylor
The Educator's Prayer
Today I may have to said to a potential Pasteur
"These constant interruptions I WILL not endure."
Or to a Madame Curie: "You aren't ALWAYS right!"
Or an Abraham Lincoln: "You must NEVER fight!"
Perhaps I asked a budding Salk,
"When everything's quiet, MUST you talk?"
When a young Beethoven hummed under his breath,
My reprimand pronounced a concerto's death.
Or a Sarah Bernhart created a stage
And I had her speak lines from a hackneyed page;
Perhaps a young Joan of Arc fell victim to a rule,
And sacrificed her cause to the confines of a school!
A Michaelangelo may have put his pencil down,
When my impatience was evidenced in a frown.
"Lord, I'm only human, there's error in my ways,
Grant me a vision of the tomorrows in my todays!"
*Sue Allen Davidson
