Teaching - what is it: Part 1

It occurs to me that teaching is not just about academia but also about how one fits into a community, society and a global family. Academia, even though it is important to me, is not the be all and end all of education. It is merely the assistant that aids understanding and acceptance. So a teachers job then is to facilitate learning, not only in the traditional three 'r's but also in regard to belonging and place in the world. To make sense of just 'being' who each individual is. Embrace the differences, acknowledge the uniqueness and accept that in one way or another we are all alike and interlinked but what's more, we all want basically the same things in life.