Teaching is not.....

Teaching is not like filling up a bucket, or even planting a seed.

It is not like handling a fire or even starting one.

Students are first and foremost their own teachers. 

Teaching is a little like parenting, 

a little like unwrapping a present,

a little like climbing a mountain,

a little like having a best friend,

a little like running a business, 

a little like growing a garden,

a little like juggling ,

or being a movie,

or a politician,

or a big sister,

or a coach,

or glasses,

or light.

Teaching is like nothing else.