Teachers

As a former middle school math teacher, I can relate to the challenges that teachers face. This week's lesson on Elijah and Elisha is a good chance to look at how we should obey and love our teachers, in addition to being loyal to them. This is our opportunity to drive home the point that teachers need the support of families and the kids they teach...and that teachers are people who need our grace when they show their humanity and inevitably make mistakes.

One of the things that teachers were always challenged to do was to see things from the eyes of the student. Many kids today don't get enough support and love at home, and it is important to remember that in order to get some context when a student behaves inappropriately. But it is equally important for parents to challenge their children to see thing from the eyes of their teachers and realize our teachers want what is best for us.

Doug