A teacher helps students develop a sense of purpose by providing them a path to success and filling their previously empty minds with openness. Rather than shaping students in the teacher's image, a teacher's role is to help students create their own image. Teachers consume themselves like candles to light the way for others, taking students' hands, opening their minds, and touching their hearts. This document expresses gratitude for teachers who spend their present building students' futures and planting knowledge in their minds rather than simply pouring information in.