Parent and Teacher Poem

Unity    

 
 Unity 

"I dreamed I saw a studio 
And watched two sculptors there. 
The clay they used was a child's mind 
And they fashioned it with care. 

One was a teacher - the tools he used 
Were books, music, and art. 
The other, a parent, worked with a guided hand, 
And a gentle loving heart. 

Day after day, the teacher toiled with touch that 
was careful, deft, and sure 
While the parent labored by his side 
And polished and smoothed it o'er. 

And when at last, their task was done, 
They were proud of what they had wrought. 
For the things they had molded into the child 
could neither be sold or bought. 

And each agreed they would have failed 
If either had worked alone. 
For behind the parent stood the school 
And behind the teacher, the home." 
- Anonymous