I want to teach my students how to live this life on earth,
To face its struggle and its strife1 and improve their worth.
Not just the lesson in a book or how the rivers flow,
But how to choose the proper path wherever they may go.
To understand eternal2 truth and know the right from wrong,
And gather all the beauty of a flower and a song.
For if I help the world to grow in wisdom and in grace3,
Then, I shall feel that I have won and I have filled my place.
And so I ask my guidance, God, that I may do my part,
For character and confidence and happiness of heart.
教师的心愿
我想教会学生怎么样去生活,
怎么样面对困难,健全自我。
不仅仅是书本常识或是自然奥秘,
而是怎么样走好生活之旅。
掌握去分辨是非,找寻真理,
从平凡的点滴中挖掘美的韵律。
假如我的存在使这个世界愈加绚丽,
那样我也就达成了我们的生活目的。
所以苍天作证,我已全心全意,
解释了品格、信心和幸福的真谛。