When you drive across a great bridge, you can see so much. Where you came from. Where you are headed. The connections that hold it all together. The pavement that solidifies new ideas. It’s like learning. Connecting past to present, ideas to actions. A visible link between thoughts. The design of the structure? It is dependent on tools. Nuts. Bolts. Each one important to the outcome. Technology integration. Resources. Hands on experiences. Global connections. It all becomes a part of the steel that binds strong experiences into tangible thoughts. The bridge of learning.
But the strength of that bridge? It’s dependent on something often unseen. The deep pillars rooted below. Under the bridge, standing and supporting, guiding the path from one bank to another. Providing points of pressure in just the right places, and allowing gaps where the bridge supports itself. Support that guides and then allows the learning to take off on it’s journey.
That support? That is the great teacher.