Therefore, I salute all my colleagues who work in classrooms and labs, on faculties, in schools and universities, and who struggle to do their best even in the most difficult circumstances.
They have dedicated their lives to helping people who seek wisdom and trying to wake up those who don't.
They apply their learning, experience, and creativity to guide others on the journey to understanding.
They apply their learning, experience, and creativity to guide others on the journey to understanding.
On that journey they carry the best maps and tools they can find, point at things that are important, sometimes clear cluttered paths or find new ones, and try to warn the others about wrong turns and dead ends, and especially about intellectual cliffs and intellectual snake pits.
Nothing makes them happier than when those who followed their guidance for a time in the classroom graduate with the readiness to put their feet firmly on the ground of life, take up their vocations as adults, and become companions and even friends.
