In the education circles especially amongst academicians, you will get your head bitten off if you say that good teachers have to basically just be good people. Vociferous and often long-winded and boring explanations follow, mostly justifying the skills that teachers need to develop that these people earn their living building. I agree with the skill part, but want to make a case for the attitudes that must come with, and the basis of these attitudes in a therapeutic experience of self discovery and reflection. Common sense tell us that our roles as workers, just like all the other ways we manifest our Selves is dependent on how developed that Self is. The more work done on the Self, the more potential is actualised and reflected in the roles we play. And thus, any hindrances to actualisation there might be, will also be reflected in the quality of the roles we play, including the work we do. Supervision, mentoring, managing, ongoing capacity building, training and support are...