You do not construct buildings that tower high above the land.

Instead, as a teacher, you create castles in the sand.

You take each grain of knowledge, and educate your students on its' worth,

showing them the various shapes that can be formed with the loose earth.

"The sands are representations of opportunity," they hear you confidingly say.

"You will use the skills you learn here to build your own futures someday."

You direct their imaginations to bay of the beach crowning the sea,

whispering, "Your choices are only as limited as you allow them to be.

With patience and effort, you can mold the castle of your own fate.

However, the tides reclaim any unused sand in time, so do not wait."

You take your students hopes and dreams into the palm of your hand,

guiding them as they draft the designs for their own castles in the sand.

Although their voyages may some day take them to a faraway place,

you are instilling in them architectural traits they can forever retrace.

So when the tides roll in, and graduation takes your students out to sea,

they will know how to create their own castles in the sands of opportunity.