Eternity

I believe that being named a professor of any kind is one of the greatest triumphs a human being could have. They have to make a relationship with someone that will last forever, but it is not based in their mutual love. In addition, a teacher has to differentiate every single pupil, and treat him or her differently according to his or her needs.

For me there are three types of teachers. The first and most important is your parent/s or guardian/s, and later comes the mentor and the teacher. A mentor is the teacher that will only teach what a student is willing to learn, and has no need to beg the student. The Master will qualify in this category after saying,
“I will not open the door for a mind that is not already striving to understand, nor will I provide words to a tongue that is not already struggling to speak. If I hold up one corner of a problem, and the student cannot come back to me with the other three I will not attempt to instruct him again.” (7.8). Then comes the teacher, that is someone that is forced to teach, doesn’t bend according to the pupils needs and has to bed for attention.

“Ran Qiu is very cautious, and so I wished to urge him on. Zilu, on the other hand, is too impetuous, and so I sought to hold him back.” (11.22) explained the Master. There is no way a teacher can treat all of his students equally, therefore the teacher has to be very flexible and opened for change. Also, with any job or work that you do you can follow a specific order, but a professor may have a calendar but will most likely have to arrange dates, to serve the pupil’s week or strong points.


As a result, a mentor will have to be dough, that will bend for specific needs, create a relationship without love, and at the same time feed the students needs. With all of these accomplished I agree with Henry Adams when he said, “ A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” (Tuesdays with Morrie. Pg. 79. Henry Adams).