Asked and Answered - by Hénock Gugsa

Asked and Answered 

- by Hénock Gugsa -

A friend on Facebook recently asked: 
Do yo want to know why teachers teach and retired teachers deeply miss teaching?  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Someone responds:
A really good teacher takes care of his students much like a Gardner takes care of his plants, so the end result will be something everyone can enjoy and be proud of.

And here's my response:
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A good teacher is like a good farmer.  A good teacher sows seeds of knowledge, and nurtures his/her students with life lessons.  The fruits of a teacher's efforts are slow-coming, but long-lasting.  Furthermore, they are forever self-propagating.  
A good teacher, by my definition, is someone with high integrity who nonetheless is humble and respects his/her students as individual human beings regardless of their age or gender.  After-all, respect engenders respect!  

The Mental Patient - by Hénock Gugsa

 The Mental Patient 

- by Hénock Gugsa -

There is a little, harmless, Ethiopian joke about what transpired between a psychiatrist and a mental patient upon his release from an sanatorium.  

So the patient had been doing extremely well, and the institute was now confident he can be released.  They went thru all the necessary protocol, the paperwork was complete, and the patient was seeing his doctor for a final, exit interview.

The doctor asked the patient a simple but tricky question: Is a man a child even if he is old?  

The patient smiled and answered, "Ah, Doc, a man can always be a child.  It is all a state of mind." 

The doctor was very impressed ... and so without any hesitation, he signed the final release paper and handed it to the patient.

The patient took the paper and the pass card, shook the doctor's hand and started walking to the door.

When he reached the door, he turned one last time to face  the doctor and said this: I still got them, huh doctor?

The doctor looked up, surprised. "What?"

As he walked out the door, the patient pointed a finger at his own head and  said, "My kidneys!"