3.2.2 Guarantee of Ones’ Own Growth and Development

A second satisfaction is the guarantee of one’s own growth and development. Teachers invariably declare that they have learned more, especially in the first year of teaching, than in any year at college.

A consciousness of the fact that it is hard to teach that which is not well known incites that type of study which makes for growth. A good class is a great “pace-setter.” Intellectually it has the pull of achievement.

The real teacher always is the greatest student in the class. The “drive” of having a regular task to perform, especially when that task is checked up as it is by students, leads many a person to a development unknown to him who is free to slide. “Blessed is he who has to do things.” Responsibility is the great force that builds character.

Compare the relative development of the person who spends Tuesday evening at home with the evening paper, or at some other pastime, and of the person who, having accepted fully the call to teach, leads a class of truth-seekers through an hour’s discussion of some vital subject. Follow the development through the Tuesday evenings of a lifetime.

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