Values don’t fall from trees. We shake it and make ours at the University of Life. In life we learn so many things but not necessarily through qualifications. We are aspirational. Through our diverse experiences, knowledge and understanding we shape our thoughts and values which we pass on to our friends, mentees and children which hopefully give them a better outlook and standing in life than we had. That’s our job.

The teacher that doesn’t teach

I’m the teacher that doesn’t teach

Evangelical but I never preach

I’m the gambler who’s yet to bet

And the angler without a net

I’m the artist without brush

And the runner who cannot rush

The choreographer who just can’t dance

And the judge who’s given his last chance

Yet I’m the teacher that doesn’t teach

I’m the teacher that doesn’t teach

A comber with no beach

The miner who can’t find coal

And the driver who’s lost control

I’m the writer with no tale

And the mariner without sail

I’m the surgeon without knife

And the glutton whose punishment is rife

Yet I’m the teacher that doesn’t teach

I’m the teacher that doesn’t teach

A mountaineer who has no reach

The psychologist who’s lost her zen

And the philosopher without pen

I’m the craftsman with no wood

And I’m the chef without food

I’m the printer who’s ran out of ink

And the thinker, with no time to think

Yet, I’m the teacher that doesn’t teach

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