Teachers… Molders of Dreams

Ready or not here they come!  I understand the pressure of all the preparation of getting your room and yourself ready for the start of a school year.  Although it is important to set the environment with just the right bulletin boards, etc. let us not forget that our personal affect, body language, smile, etc.  sets the “big picture” environment for our campuses and classrooms.

Never forget the influence and awesome responsibility we have as educators.  For many we serve as their first step … for some we serve as the lighthouse that guides their path back toward the right track.

The poem Teachers by Clark Mollenhoff puts to words the impact of teachers.

I hope you all have a restful weekend! 

Teachers… Molders of Dreams By Clark Mollenhoff

You are the molders of their dreams.

The gods who build or crush their

young beliefs of right or wrong.

You are the spark that set aflame the

poet’s hand or lights the flame

in some great singer’s song.

You are the gods of young – the very young.

You are the guardian of a million dreams.

Your every smile or frown can heal or pierce a heart.

Yours are one hundred lives – one thousand lives.

Yours is the pride of loving them, the sorrow too.

Your patient work, your touch, make you the god of hope

That fills their souls with dreams,

and make those dreams come true.

Corny Joke of the Day:

Where does a sheep go for a haircut? (Scroll down for the answer)

To the baaaaa baaaa shop!