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One teacher describes the contribution of a teacher to a student even more modestly than I have.

He tells a parable of a bird that one day flew into a temple and couldn’t get out.

The bird flew from window to window, battering himself, in a vain effort to escape. Then, exhausted, the bird rested on the windowsill of the only open window without realizing it was different from the others.

A teacher, who had been watching the bird’s frantic efforts, immediately clapped his hands. The startled bird jumped through the window and was free.

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