“May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.”

Deuteronomy 32:2 ESV

I’ve been a student for a long time. I’m still a student. Harsh strict teachers have passed on a lot of useful information over the years. I appreciated their consistency and maintenance of predictable expectations. They made me push myself to study harder.

But gentle, kind teachers taught me more than ways of absorbing and regurgitating facts. They showed me who I could be. I liked them. I still want to be like them.

In the end, good character matters more than knowing stuff.