Waste not the teachable days.

Dr. Shelley (a member of our Church and a good friend) writes in his book Church History in Plain Language that Charlemagne had brought about a revival of learning and the arts in the middle ages. Dr. Shelley writes, "In 789 Charlemagne decreed that every monastery must have a school for the education of boys in singing, arithmetic, and grammar."

An Anglo-Saxon scholar in charge of a school, Alcuin wrote textbooks and said, "Ye lads, whose age is fitted for reading, learn! The years go by like running water. Waste not the teachable days in idleness!"

I am proud of my son Tyler who's been a teacher for the last 3 years in Japan and is continuing his teaching career in Kuwait this fall. Teaching is one of the most noble professions of all. I think it contributes more to social improvement than just about anything. Unfortunately, our society places less value on it than NBA basketball or the NFL. Just look at the salary differences.