Teachers Are the Most Human of Us All

The excessive use of technology has a dehumanizing influence over any group of people near the omniscient influence of a space satellite.  However, if we look on the space satellite’s silver lining, we would discover that one group among us is becoming more human: people who teach as an occupation.  Consider that LDS missionaries switched from robotic, scripted missionary lessons to more dynamic and interactive lessons since the introduction of Preach My Gospel in 2004.  Also consider that school teachers have recently begun to make more interactive lessons for their students in order to compensate for their students’ shorter attention spans.  As a result, both teachers and missionaries are evolving from their genetic roots as human tape recorders into powerful instructors who teach lessons from their own words.  If we could only put away our smartphones and give teachers our undivided attention, we’d become a little more human too.