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Companion Song: 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky
Chapter 12 – Teaching is a License to Learn

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Teaching Is A License To Learn - lyrics

My students and I sit side by side
Sometimes it’s a turbulent ride
Sometimes new ones get terrified
That’s when I have to stay dignified

Keeping students from crashing me
Giving advice and acting naturally
While flight instructing daily
Teaching is a license to learn
Teaching is a license to learn

I show students the proper procedures
How to handle the throttles and mixtures
How to plan for unexpected encounters
And how to emergency land into pastures

Keeping a cool personality
It’s harder than it appears to be
While flight instructing daily
Teaching is a license to learn
Teaching is a license to learn

I’m getting paid to fly
While my students try
To navigate the sky

Every mistake that a student can do
Is a chance for me to learn, too
Every hour that we fly, me and you
Is doing what we love to do

Keeping students from crashing me
Giving advice and acting naturally
While flight instructing daily
Teaching is a license to learn
Teaching is a license to learn

Keeping students from crashing me
Giving advice and acting naturally
While flight instructing daily
Teaching is a license to learn
Teaching is a license to learn

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from 13​,​760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky, track released September 28, 2013
Words by Mark L Berry
Music by Simon Ashby
Performed by Simon Ashby

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Mark’s an airline pilot with an MFA from Fairfield University, author of a memoir and two novels, contributing editor for Airways magazine, and former managing editor for Mason's Road literary journal. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. He lives in St. Louis, MO near the big staple in the middle of the USA map. Locals call it: The Arch. ... more

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