Once children reach school age, they often start spending more time with their teachers than with their parents. This means teachers are not just imparting an education; they are affecting the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social development of each student they encounter. The poet Yeats once said, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." And, indeed, by giving kids the knowledge and skills they need to succeed as adults, by urging them to pursue God's will for their lives, and by impressing on them the joy that comes from a lifetime of learning, teachers can be virtually limitless in their capacity to touch lives.

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