Great teachers, like many things, are in short supply nowadays. Is it because we are willing to pay far more for entertainment then we are to educate our future? That it is a thankless job fraught with dangers and very few rewards? Who knows, but the current climate proves that we need teachers who can do more crack a book and write equations on a chalk board.
What kind of impacts can such teachers have on the lives of their students?
One is reminded of an elderly...