Why was there a teacher in the first place? To create new leaders. Is that their job?

God created the FIRST TEACHER.This TEACHER, though taken from among men and women, had several significant modifications. In general, God made the TEACHER more durable than other men and women. The TEACHER was made to arise at a very early hour and to go to bed no earlier than 11:30 PM with no rest in between. The TEACHER had to be able to withstand being locked up in an air-tight classroom for six hours with thirty-seven "monsters" on a rainy Monday. And the TEACHER had to be fit to correct 400 papers over Raya vacation. Yes, God made the TEACHER tough... but gentle, too. The TEACHER was equipped with soft hands to wipe away the tears of the neglected and lonely student... those of the sixteen-year old girl who was not asked to the Raya parties. And into the TEACHER God poured a generous amount of patience. Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions the TEACHER has just repeated for someone else. Patience when the students forget their lunch money for the fourth day in a row. Patience when one-third of the class fails the test. Patience when the text books arrived yet, given to students and later forgotten to bring them along to school and the semester starts tomorrow. And God gave the TEACHER a heart slightly bigger than the average human heart. For the Teacher's heart had to be big enough to love the students who screams, "I hate this class - it's boring!" and to love the student who runs out of the classroom at the end of the period without so much as a "goodbye," let alone a "thank you."And lastly, God gave the TEACHER an abundant supply of HOPE. For God knew that the TEACHER would always be hoping. Hoping that the kids would someday learn how to spell... hoping not to have canteen duty... hoping that Friday would come... hoping for a free day... hoping for deliverance. When God finished creating the TEACHER, he stepped back and admired the work of His hands. And God saw that the TEACHER was good. Very Good! And God smiled, for when he looked at the TEACHER, he saw into the future. He knew that the future is in the hands of the TEACHERS. And because God loves TEACHERS so much that two months before the end of the year, the teachers had holidays.