A good story should make you laugh, cry, and wait.
The teacher's task is to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.
The greatest wisdom is to know that you know nothing.