Imparting with perspective

Let me see if I've got this straight. You don’t need someone to call you “Teacher” or “Sir” to consider yourself an imparter of lives. You don’t need to be an educator to earn that responsibility of sowing into lives. But you need perspective, and perspective that sometimes comes only through experience and deep pondering. I had an urge to think about the significance of an imparter – one who cares more about the lives than the paycheck that comes every month.

I’m supposed to walk into a room full of children and fill their waking moment with a sense of being nurtured, and a love for learning.
I’m suppose to instill a sense of self worth and identity, modify their disruptive behaviour and observe their strengths and weaknesses
I’m to raise their self-esteem, without damaging their fragile egos by telling them their wrong behavious
I’m suppose to read between their innocent lines and draw a clearer picture of their opinions and views
I'm to teach character, fair play and respect, while answering their questions about injustice in the world, the crap they hear in the media and the uprising peer pressure of Hollywood
I'm supposed to leave an impact on their lives beyond the few hours we spent together every week
I’m to care for them outside class work, listen to their complaints and steer them to the right direction
I’m suppose to live a life of excellence, beyond classroom time and in all speech, action, word and thought – because they see and they remember
I am to be a paragon of integrity, larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my students into being obedient and respectful of authority.
I'm NOT required in my contract to be working on my own time, at my own expense, days and evenings, towards excellence, but I do it anyway because I work for My Father’s glory and I value these lives
I am to make time from teaching the syllabus to impart character and values of life, to build a personal relationship with each student
I am to ensure that ALL my students show a level of improvement whether or not they consistently attend, or if they’re hard to teach or intellectually challenged
I am to communicate frequently with each student's parents, meeting their requests and demands
I'm to accomplish all these duties whole heartedly, day after day, week after week, month after month…

Is that all? I can go on. But the bottom line is I cannot do this without allowing my patience to be stretched and my passion of teaching to be challenged. Above all I cannot imagine doing all this without drawing from the Word of God, or without worship, or without prayer - speaking to my MASTER TEACHER.