while reflecting on the paper I must write, I realized that being a teacher is, in some ways, more important than any other profession. One reason is because we have to BE the example of what we wish to see our students become. As this role model, young minds are a vacuum to our actions and our words. We are unlike many other professions because, other professions, such as doctors, are not in contact with any one child for as long as a time period as an educator. ..... Lost my thought.. man...