Inspiration Bytes: Save the teacher

Save the Teacher

One day Aristotle and his disciple Alexander were cruising in a boat in the sea . Suddenly there was a storm. The boat was about to capsize and both of them were on verge of drowning . Instantly when a boat man rushed towards the king Alexander to save him , Alexander exhorted him , “ Oh boat man, first save my teacher before you save me,”

By God’s grace , the boat did not capsize and both of them were saved . The boat man was very surprised at the behaviour of the king .He therefore asked Alexander , “ Pray, it is a natural instinct that in a calamitous hour a person would like to be saved first . Why did you then want the other person to be saved first ?”. Alexander explained, “ Aristotle is my teacher. Whereas I can’t create a single Aristotle, he can create thousands of Alexander like me.”

In reality , a teacher’s status is very exalted and it is not possible to describe his greatness in words .