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Amma Theodora lists these qualities for a teacher:
– Have no desire to dominate
– Have no interest in vanity or pride
– Never be distracted by flattery or gifts
– Be in control of the stomach
– Be slow to become angry
– Be as patient, gentle and humble as possible
– Be properly examined and without political ties
– Be a lover of souls
You, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourselves?
– Romans, 2:21
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[...] Posted on November 6, 2009 by Denis E. Ambrose, Jr. The Anchoress provides us with some words of wisdom about what a teacher should be: Amma Theodora lists these [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer.
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A sad but very moving story.
I wrote a haiku after the Yankees and Hideki Matsui’s victory:
to find a new lord
i will travel far by foot
and live by hard wood
This one was written in a moment of bitterness. I would be lying if I said it has completely passed yet:
you: standing nearby
me: gripping baseball, i
whip it at your head
I must politely disagree on the entry about pride. I agree that a teacher shouldn’t be vain in their intelligence, and by extension condescending to their pupils, yet they should seek pride in how much they help their pupils. I am toying with the idea of becoming a teacher, and the strongest thing pushing me in that direction is the want to eventually be able to tell someone (in a field of my expertise), “there is no more I can teach you.” Obviously I do not intend to be an elementary school teacher.