In the first pot, she put some carrots.

In the second pot, she put some

eggs.
In the third pot, she put some coffee
beans that had been grounded into
coffee powder.
She boiled all three pots for 15 minutes.

Afterwards, she took out what she had

put in the pot of boiling water.
The carrots which were hard became soft

The eggs which were soft inside

became hard.
 The coffee powder
disappeared.

But the water had the

colour and the
wonderful smell of
coffee.
Then, she thought of her life as a teacher.

It is not always easy.

It is not always
comfortable.

The life of a teacher is

trying and difficult.
 Things dont happen
as we wish.

People dont treat us

as we hope.

We work very hard but get few results.

The boiling water is like the problems
in our life as teachers.
We can be like the carrots.

We go in We come out
tough and strong. soft and weak.
We get exhausted.
We lose hope.
We give up.

We lose our fighting

spirit.
We can be like the eggs.

We start with a
soft and We end up very
sensitive heart. hard and unfeeling
inside.
We hate our job.
We dont like our
students.

We become
hard-hearted.

The warm feeling is gone,

only bitterness remains.
We can be like the coffee beans.

The water does

not change the
coffee powder.

The coffee powder

changes the
water!
The water has become different because of
the coffee powder.

You can see it.

You can smell it.
You can taste it.

The hotter the water, the better the taste.

We can be like the coffee beans.

We can make something good out

of the difficulties we face in school.
 We have the knowledge,
the skills, and the abilities.

We have the potentials to change the

lives of our students for the better.
We can make our school a better place
for work and learning.
To succeed, we must try and try again.
We must believe in what we are doing.
We must not give up.
We must be patient.
We must keep pushing.

u l t ie s
di fc

prob
lems
handle with care
The problems and difficulties at school give
us the chance to become stronger
stronger and
tougher and better teachers.
teachers
What are we like when things
do not go well in school?

Are we like the carrots

or the eggs

or the coffee beans?

Be like the coffee beans!
Change the people
around you at school.
Influence them with
your good workeven
if others resist
change
even if others
harbor ill feelings
against you.
be a positive influence.
Bring about change!
After all, in the final

Analysis, God will be

your judge.