>God Creates the First Teacher
>
>On the 6th day, God created men and women.
>On the 7th day, he rested.
>
>Not so much to recuperate, but rather to prepare himself for the work he
>was going to do on the next day.
>For it was on that day - the 8th day - that God created the FIRST TEACHER.
>
>This TEACHER, though taken from among men and women, had several
>significant modifications.
>In general, God made the TEACHER more durable than other men and women.
>
>The TEACHER was made to arise at a very early hour and to go to bed no
>earlier than 11:30 p.m.-with no rest in between. The TEACHER had to be able
>to withstand being locked up in an air-tight classroom for six hours with a
>room full of antsy students on a rainy Monday. And the TEACHER h ad to be
>fit to correct 103 term papers over Spring break.
>
>Yes, God made the TEACHER tough...but gentle too.
>The TEACHER was equipped with soft hands to wipe away the tears of the
>neglected and lonely student...of those of the sixteen year old girl who
>was not asked to the prom.
>
>And into the TEACHER God poured a generous amount of patience.
>Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions the TEACHER has just
>repeated for someone else.
>Patience when the kids forget their lunch money for the fourth day in a
>row.
>Patience when one-third of the class fails the test.
>Patience when the text books haven't arrived yet, and the semester starts
>tomorrow.
>
>And God gave the TEACHER a heart slightly bigger than the average human
>heart.
>For the TEACHER's heart had to be big enough to love the kid who screams,
>"I hate this class; i t's boring!" and to love the kid who runs out of the
>classroom at the end of the period without so much as a "goodbye", let
>alone a "thank you".
>
>And lastly, God gave the TEACHER an abundant supply of HOPE.
>For God knew that the TEACHER would always be hoping.
>Hoping that the kids would someday learn how to spell...
>hoping not to have lunchroom duty...
>hoping that Friday would come...
>hoping for a free day....
>hoping for deliverance.
>
>When God finished creating the TEACHER, he stepped back and admired the
>work of his hands.
>And God saw that the TEACHER was good.
>Very Good!
>And God smiled, for when he looked at the TEACHER, he saw into the future.
>He knew that the future is in the hands of the TEACHERS.
>
>And because God loves Teachers so much, on the 9th day
>God created "Snow Days."
