Protect good teachers

Most people aren’t great teachers.

Most people aren’t great students.

A great teacher creates great students: the invitation to possibility, to what could be, the permission to fail forward and have fun doing it, is as captivating to participate in as it is rare to find in the wild.

But terrible students can wear down a great teacher. Perpetual exposure to a lack of care for how much they care can suck the life out of the fragile but magical state they approach their meaningful work.

So we must protect the great teachers from the bad students, those who wish to irritate or came with intent to dishearten those around them.

And we must unleash the great teachers on those who want to be great but don’t yet know how, then watch transformation unfold.