Blue Ridge Public Television Your Community Resource for Lifelong Learning. In India and Nepal, when I would mention that I was a teacher, without fail, the people listening would spontaneously fold their hands in the attitude of blessing. This frame contains two photographs that I would like to present to Tom McGlothlin. Two young Tibetan children, refugees, had toddled over to me, one on either side and they squatted down to watch me.
Children are brave and confident when they have grown up well protected and surrounded by love.
These two small boys put their hands on my shoulders, smiled the whole time and laughed as we tried to communicate through gestures. What I want all of you to see in this photo, and in that moment is three souls who had journeyed to a common point, the innocent willingness between us, the absence of racism, boredom, cunning or greed. What I want you to see is that we were a classroom. This moment was the kind of classroom all teachers discover once they realize that they ARE teachers. Teaching is not only a job, it is an inclination, a constant impulse.