Teaching Profession

1. I wish I could persuadeI wish I could persuade
every teacher to beevery teacher to be
proud of his/herproud of his/her
occupation-notoccupation-not
conceited or pompous ,conceited or pompous ,
but proud. People whobut proud. People who
introduce themselvesintroduce themselves
with the shame remarkwith the shame remark
that they are, “justthat they are, “just
teachers”, give meteachers”, give me
Warming theWarming the
HeartHeart

2. Did you everDid you ever
hear a lawyer sayhear a lawyer say
depreciatinglydepreciatingly
that he was onlythat he was only
a patenta patent
attorney?attorney?
Did you ever hearDid you ever hear
a physician say “Ia physician say “I
am just a brainam just a brain
surgeon?”surgeon?”

3. I beg of you to stopI beg of you to stop
apologizing for being aapologizing for being a
member of the mostmember of the most
important profession inimportant profession in
the world. Drawthe world. Draw
yourself up to your fullyourself up to your full
height; look at anybodyheight; look at anybody
squarely in the eye andsquarely in the eye and
say,say,
““ I AM AI AM A
TEACHER.”TEACHER.”William GarrWilliam Garr