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The Transforming Powers

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Water reflects the skies, be it azure or overcast, synonymous to the spirit of the teacher that is reflected in every action of a dedicated student. Just as water converts barren lands into fertile deltaic soils, a pusillanimous student is transformed into a valiant warrior by a dedicated teacher. Water can completely transform landscapes and create new civilizations, like a a tutor instrumental in the shaping up of an individual, without whom a society cannot thrive. For, where will we be, without Water - the Elixir? Or Teacher - the Transforming power? "The deep sea moves with silent majesty, shallow brooks are noisy" Yes, a great teacher is always humble. The knowledge of a teacher may be fathomless, the pearls of wisdom and toil innumerable. It is a teacher who taught us that, obstacles in life is like the song of the stream crossing stones- the enshrine and exalt the individual. Unlike turbulent waters, the teachers mind is kept calm, for an unsteady mind cannot thin...