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I was on my way home after grabbing a bite when my head poked a hole through a thick puff of smoke exhaled by a smoker on the sidewalk. I coughed briefly for a few seconds and shot an angry glance at the man who nonchalantly kept on puffing off his stick. I shrugged and went on. I never really have that much of a grudge against smokers, perhaps due to the fact that I was once a smoker myself, and smoked for over 9 years before deciding to quit in 1997. I never smoked again. But sometimes I do get ...

Notice that around us, there are "good" people, who were never taught to "be good" since they were born, yet are innately good in character? We admire (and sometimes envy) their personalities, because more often than not, it seems their being good somehow radiates a certain nobility, a kind of correctness and rightness, and even serves as a sort of magnet--people somehow gravitate towards them because other people LIKE their demeanor. Is this then, the reason why we want to TEACH ...