Former Students & Present Readers

The old saying is "Them that can, do; them that can't, teach; them that can't teach, teach teachers; and them that can't teach teachers go around the country giving lectures." I first heard this from a traveling lecturer. It has some element of truth in it. I am a teacher for three reasons: Divine calling, because I enjoy it more than almost anything, and because of the nature of my personality, I am a thinker and teacher, not a doer. I do have a quarrel and an argument that thinking and teaching are, in fact, doing, but that is another issue. That third reason means that in the realm of human society there are many things that I believe need to be done. Urgently and desperately need to be done. Most of that doing means changing from the conventional wisdom, the status quo, the politically, socially, and ecclestically correct. I don't know how to be a public change agent. I am a teacher because many of you are "can do" people. I know a lot of you and look up to you. I teach so that, perhaps some of you will catch a vision and effectively, persistently pursue it. That is what my teaching is about. That covers all three of my reasons for teaching.