What is it that I am doing

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What is it that I am doing?
What does being a teacher mean to me?
How do I see myself in this role?
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What inspires me?
Do I have a role-model?
What keeps me going?
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Reflect on some words of inspiration and
affirmation
See Christ as a Role Model for your excellent
teaching
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In contrast to the institutions of the world
which teach us to know something, the Gospel of
Jesus Christ challenges us to become
something (Dallin Oakes)
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Jesus is Gods idea of how we should think and
act (Robert Williams)
Jesus gathered around him the very people who
were excluded from the temple and community in
Israel (Eamon Bredin)
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Our students are there for us to put our
Christian love to practice (Delphine Kang)
Catholic Education is more than just within the
walls of the Catholic school (Sr. J. Ong)
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the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecyif I can be a true teacher and witness,
I must possess the spirit of prophecy, and that
constitutes a prophet (Joseph Smith)
However, Im very clear that my mission isnt to
push Jesus onto other people, but to live
according to his example as best as I
can (Robert Burney)
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I am not the King, Jesus Christ is the King. Im
just an entertainer (Elvis Presley)
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What the teacher is, is more important than what
he or she teaches (Soren Kirkegaard)
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He who opens a school door, closes a
prison (Victor Hugo)
I like a teacher who gives you something to take
home to think about besides homework (LillyTomlin
)
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A good teacher is like a candle it consumes
itself to light the way for others (Anon)
Good teachers are costly, But bad teachers cost
more (Bob Talbert)
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher
explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires (William Ward)
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The best teachers teach from the heart, not from
the book (Anon)
Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we
love (Johann Von Goethe)
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Truth will be your Armour and Love will be your
sword (Paul to the Ephesians)
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Jesus said
You are like a light for the whole world. A
city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one
lights a lamp and puts it under the bedin the
same way your light must shine before
people (Matt. 5)
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The Kingdom of God does not come in such a way
as to be seen. No one will say, Look, here it
is!, or There it is! because the Kingdom of
God is within you. (Luke 17)
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Jesus our Role-model
To this you were called, because Christ suffered
for you, leaving you an example, that you should
follow in His steps (1 Peter 2)
It is not sufficient to teach as Jesus
taught, We must lead as Jesus led (Ron Nuzzi)
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Jesus was
I seek not to please myself but Him who sent
Me (John 5)
GOD FOCUSED
Jesus primary concern was the disclosure to the
individual soul of its filial relation to
God (Francis Peabody)
Jesus purpose in life was to glorify
God (McLish)
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Jesus was
COURAGEOUS
Jesus went into the Synagogue and began to
teachhe taught them as one who had
authority (Mk 1)
Jesus asked the authorities which is lawful on
the Sabbath, to do good or evil ? (Mk 3)
I say to you get up and walk (Luke 5)
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Very early in the morning, while it was still
dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off
to a solitary place where he prayed (Mk 1)
Jesus was
PRAYERFUL
Jesus demonstrated this kind of prayer
relationship with God as a life of living
prayer (D. Bonhoffer)
After he had dismissed them, he went up a
mountainside himself to pray (Mt 14)
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your Father knows what you need before you ask
Him Pray then in this way Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name. Your Kingdom come. Your
will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we also forgive those who
trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation but deliver us from evil.
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Jesus was
Whoever wants to become great among you must
be your servant (Mk 10)
A SERVANT
We are to give and serve as Jesus did, with love
and sacrifice for others (Bishop Mengeling)
the Son of Man did not come to be served but to
serve (Mk 10)
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I have read Plato and Cicero sayings that
are very wise and beautiful but I never read in
either of them Come to me all you that
labour and are heavy laden (St.Augustine)
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It is not experiences that create faith but
faith that creates experiences (Jurgen Moltmann)
One good school master is worth a thousand
priests (Robert Ingersoll)
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It should be recognised that the proper status
of teachers and due public regard for the
profession of teaching are of major
importance (UNESCO Art. 5)
There are three good reasons to be a teacher
June, July and August (every honest teacher!!)