I want to teach my students more than lessons in a book.

I want to teach them deeper things that people overlook:

The value of a rose in bloom, its use and beauty, too

A sense of curiosity to discover what is true,

How to think and how to choose the right above the wrong,

How to live and learn each day and grow up to be strong,

To teach them always how to gain in wisdom and in grace,

So they will someday make the world a brighter, better place.

Lord, let me be a friend and guide to give these minds a start.

Upon their way down life_s long road, then I_ll have done my part.

– Author Unknown