撒播智慧的种子（Sowing Seeds of Wisdom）

对于那些富有奉献精神、工作过于辛劳而又默默无闻、待遇偏低的教师来说，其快乐和安慰莫过于学生对他们的爱戴和怀念。

There is no greater joy and consolation for dedicated,overworked and under-valued teachers than to be loved and remembered by their students.

这些年来，我每年都收到数十张以往学生寄来的贺卡，张张贺卡表达了同样的感情：“亲爱的老师，您的教诲难以忘怀，谨表爱戴和感激。”

Over the years I have received scores of greeting cards from former students,which all express similar sentiments:“To my dear teacher,with love and gratitude,for all you taught me.”

但今年，我收到一张内容独特的贺卡，上面写道：“启迪学生智慧的老师是最好的老师。谨祝新年快乐。”

But this year,I received a card with a unique message.It said,“The best teacher is the one who makes her students wiser.Happy New Year.”

我对此卡印象深刻，感触颇深，好奇之心顿生。为启迪学生的智慧，使他们更为聪明，我到底做了些什么呢？

I was impressed,touched,and intrigued（好奇的）.What had I done to make my students wise or wiser？

至于我本人，这么多年来，并没有在中国虚度光阴，我为此而感到自慰。

As for me,I console myself that over the years I have not wasted my time in China.

我所撒下的智慧的种子，虽然有一些误落路旁而半途而废，或落在布满石块的土地上，很少或根本不开花结果；

While some of the seeds of wisdom I sowed have fallen by the wayside,or on stony ground,to bear little or no fruit,

然而绝大部分种子则“落入沃土之中并开花结果，有的收成百倍于种子，有的收成六十倍于种子，有的收成三十倍于种子”。

most of the seeds have “fallen on good ground and brought forth fruit,some a hundred-fold,some sixty-fold,some thirty-fold.”

作为老师，吾心当足矣！

What more could a teacher ask for?