Teachers must be allowed the opportunity to mentor to be mentored in a wide range of roles. And that's where the rewards of teaching, which we spoke about at the outset, really need to be explained and celebrated. While analogous to the inception of a great number of edifices and businesses, established to have one man or woman make a mark on the world beyond their limited life, teaching still has a much deeper human side to it. The human art of teaching has immediate gratification in the bond it creates, the community of appreciation that outlasts even working relationships. The fact that for one human being you made a difference is transformational.
Teaching excites the thinking processes.
It challenges and overturns the conservative tenets in all of us. The partnership with another mind challenges us. The lineage of knowledge is knowing that you the human being are part of the larger chain. This chain of evolving ideas and understanding is uniting the diversity that we find in our society.