Every human being is an individual. Everyone knows that. Even identical twins have subtle physical and personality differences. Teachers vary, just as their students vary, just as snowflakes vary. Think of that. No two snowflakes are exactly the same. Think of a teacher with a classroom of 35 students. Think of the number of teachers any given student has throughout his/her elementary, secondary and college years. Teachers come and go like the ebb and flow of the tide. Many do so without making much of a difference in the landscape of a child's life. Others leave a beautiful ripple extending a lifetime. Still others leave a damaging scar on the heart of a child. Teachers are authority figures. They are experts. They are ignorant. They are loving and spiteful; passionate and dull; caring and ambivalent; influential and forgotten. To a first grader they are a god. ...