Life is a pen filled with ink,
writing for the purpose of leaving words on a paper. 

Some live to write,
others must write to live.
M. Alibrando

A teacher can only help a students give birth to their own ideas.
It is each student's choice whether to fertilize an idea or not,
and whether to allow an idea a chance to become an adult thought with a life of it's own.
It is possible to abort an idea prematurely,
when perhaps you are not yet ready for the adult responsibilities of a given idea.

The child of ideas is an adult responsibility.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - July 28, 1992