"The circle is now complete."

Today the BCIT grads came in for a group meeting. I was to give them a run down of what they should know in preparation for the exam coming up in a few weeks. I don't feel like I'm the best person to be guiding them, but I'm the last person to have written the exam, and since David isn't here anymore I guess it's up to me.

Standing in the boardroom today I couldn't help but remember the quote from Darth Vader in A New Hope. The scene where he comes face to face with his former master Obi Wan Kenobi for the first time in over a decade:

"The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner, now I am the master."

It was just under a year ago that I was sitting in the boardroom listening to David as he taught me the ways of the LLQP. Now standing on the opposite corner the excitement of learning was gone, in its place was the excitement of attention.

I went on to give them as much useful information as I could, and tried to answer their questions to the best of my knowledge. Being a teacher really is tough, you have to know what you're talking about, because if you don't you have no one else to turn to. And of course Alex didn't sit in on the meeting cause it would have been a snoozer, but all in all it went pretty smooth.

After squeezing some feedback from them, I was assured that what I was doing indeed was beneficial to them. And they seemed genuinely appreciative that I had taken time out of my day to help them, because everyone knows how busy I am.

This group that was here today is a group that shows immense potential, and there's no doubt in my mind that they will one day surpass me in terms of success. Am I saddened by this? Not at all, I see it as an epic novel. I am the side character that gives the heroes of the story the knowledge that they need to continue on their journey.

Teaching isn't such a bad occupation, seeing the understanding in their faces brings satisfaction to me. Should they fail the exam though, some heads are gonna roll.