The beatitudes for teachers or "The Joy Of Teaching"

This item I recieved from "Cooters, Tunes, and Pics" a few years ago. I was teaching high school then and shared it with some of my buddies in the profession. I do not know the author, but maybe some pedagogues might find it interesting. Every once in a while, teachers come up with inspirational lessons off the cuff. Based upon experience, reading and utilizing what he/she heard or observed. It does put a decent perspective into the work teachers must do. Atypical classroom contains a wide assortment of intellects, interests, and attention spans. Administrators and experts often forget or, frequently don't know, what teaching is. Sometimes, these experts in pedagogy, in a desire for an all-inclusive classroom environment, make the simple difficult. . So here goes. And to the author, thanks. The teacher of this lesson is a well-know historical Rabbi.

JESUS took his disciples up the mountain and, gathering them around him, he taught them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven;
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted;
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth;Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled;
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy;
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God;
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God;
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of their righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven;
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you, because great is your reward in heaven for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

THEN Simon Peter said;"Are we supposed to know this?"
AND Andrew said, "Do we have to write this down?"
AND Phillip said, "Is this going to be on the next quiz?"
AND Bartholomew said, "What came after 'poor'?"
AND Judas (not Iscariot) jerked awake and said, "Did I miss something?"
AND John said, "The other disciples didn't have to learn this!"
AND Simon the Zealot said, "Don't turn the overhead off yet."
AND Judas Iscariot was more interested in counting the milk money.
AND three disciples were tardy and missed the main points.
AND Matthew left early to use the washroom.

ONE of the Pharisees ( school administrator, Principal, Expert, and Education Minister) who was present asked to see Jesus' lesson plan and inquired of him, :Where are your anticipatory questions and myriad responses with follow-up anticipatory questions and your unit objectives based upon Blooms Taxonomy of the cognitive domain?"

And Jesus, the Rabbi, wept.