I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it's going to be tough.
I look at my young students, and I no longer have the sense that, oh, I'm the authority and they have to meet a certain standard. It's like, oh, look at these young ones. They've got such a hard road in front of them. I don't envy them having life ahead of them.
![I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it's going to be tough.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/shirley-geok-lin-lim/i-feel-compassionate-because-i-know-students-all-have-to-go-down-this-road-of-suffering-and-its-going-to.jpg)
