When I began your class I think I knew
The kind of challenges you’d make me face.
You gave me MOTIVATION to pursue
The best, and to reject the commonplace.
Your thinking really opened up my mind.
With wisdom, style and grace, you made me see,
That what I’d chosen to seek, I’d surely find;
You shook me out of my complacency.
I THANK YOU now for everything you’ve done;
What you have taught me I will not outgrow.
Your kind attention touched my mind and heart;
In many ways that you will never know.
I will remember you my whole life through;
And,
If I could teach you, teacher,
I’d teach you how much MORE
you have accomplished
than you think you have.
I’d show you the seeds
you planted years ago
that are now coming into bloom.
I’d reveal to you the young minds
that have expanded under your care,
the hearts that are serving others
because they had you as a ROLE MODEL.
If I could teach you, teacher,
I’d show you the POSITIVE effect
you have had on me and my life.
Your homework is
to know your VALUE to the world,
to acknowledge it, to believe it.
This poem is for you my dear teachers |
