Metaphor For Teaching

A teacher is a gardener working to cultivate her students, like a gardener cultivates her plants. She must tend to her plants daily to create and preserve a productive environment. Through the process of gardening, the plants are stretched and grow to become something greater than they were originally. Through the gardening process the gardener is also refined through hard work, dedication and discerning when and where to weed or make adjustments in the garden. The gardener learns from her plants and their reaction to her care. At the end, both the plants and gardener benefit from the fruits of their labors.