I received 14 years of a Catholic education, yet the teacher I remember was a neighbor that worked for the World Bank. I remember saying that not how I learned to do it in school. I don’t remember his reply, but he taught me to think and how to solve problems.
Every profession tries to limit entrance and sets the rules.
This is a problem when government relies on special interest groups to understand a profession or a problem. Too many people use their position to self-promote their own intersts.
Education should be fun and challenging and teaching should be about educating and challenging kids.
The hardest part is finding people that we can trust to do the right (and hard) thing for the best interests of all.
As today’s sermon, we need to learn to trust in the Lord.
If everyone would just learn to be and do good, they would be much happier and they would understand that God was with them.
Well, I’m taken by what Shoeless Joe says, in Field of Dreams.
“I’d have played for food money. Shoot, I’d play for nothing!”
What is a teacher worth? Everything... and nothing. How do you compensate someone who exchanges enlightenment? You can’t, not really. You can only pay them money. And the good ones find a way to get by without it.