Only a Teacher
I am a teacher!
What I do and say are
being absorbed by young minds
who echo those images
across the ages.
My lessons will be
immortal,
affecting people yet
unborn,
people I will never
see or know.
The future of the
world is in my classroom today-
a future with the
potential for good or bad.
The pliable minds of
tomorrow’s leaders will be molded
either artistically
or grotesquely by what I do.
Several future
presidents are learning from me today-
so are the great
writers of the next decades
and so are the
so-called ordinary people
who make the
decisions in a democracy.
I must never forget
these same people
could be the thieves
and murderers of the future.
Only a teacher.
Thank God I have a
calling to the greatest
profession of all.
I must be vigilant
every day
lest I lose one
fragile opportunity
to improve tomorrow.
~Dr.
Ivan Fitzwater
