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I would rather to be a teacher than a salesman,
  although a salesman makes a lot of money than I do,
  I would not change places with him.
  For he sells washing machines, fountain pens, and
  and other materials, but I sells ideas.

I would rather be a teacher than a stenographer,
  even though a stenographer may have a mahogany desk in
  the magnificent office of a great chief of industry.
  For she helps write letters, but I help write careers.
  She touches keys, but I touch lives.

I would rather be a teacher than an architect,
  satisfactory as the program of a large construction might be.
  For an archhitect helps build edifices, but I build character.
  Edifices endure for a time, but character endures through eternity.

I would rather be a teacher than an artist,
  fascinating as that profession might be in its wealth of beauty,
  color, and symmetry. For an artist paints pictures on canvas, 
  but I paint pictures on the memories of little children.
  An artist makes impressions on tablets of clay, but I make impressions on tablets
  of the souls.

I would rather be a teacher than a great business executive.
  For he works with facts and figures and lifeless coins, but I work with
  minds that open, and future that unfold, and principles that grow.

I would rather be a teacher than an accomplished musician, for a
  musician plays on violin strings, and piano strings, but I play on the heart strings.

I would rather be a teacher than an orator. For an orator stirs
  adult to applause and admiration, but I stir little children to right
  choosing and nobler thinking.

I would rather be a teacher than a decorator. For he deals with
  perspective and harmony and lines in buildings and rooms. But
  I deal with perspective and harmony and lines in temples not made
  by human hands.

I would rather be a teacher than an interpreter. For he interprets
  words, but I interpret motives and purposes and endeavors.

I would rather be a teacher than a potter, for he shapes vessels of clay,
  but I shape life.

I would rather be a teacher than an explorer. For he explores unchartered seas,
  but I explore unchartered minds, and discover treasure islands
  and continents of untold possibilities.

              And now, after readingn this article, waht can you say? too idealistic?
              If education should serve as a foundation for all those and aspirations,
              shouldn''t one expect teachers to fully measure up?

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