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 Makes others take a face, Makes them develop it.

Opens their ears, enlightens them. Is a teacher of guides, Gives them a path, One depends on him.

Places a mirror in front of others, Makes then sane and careful, Makes a face appear on them...

Thanks to him, people humanizes their wanting, And receive a strict teaching. Makes their hearts strong, Comforts people, Helps, remedies, take care of all”.

Of the Teacher’s talent, attitude and capacity the good performance of educational institutions depended, and of them, the potential and permanence of any civilization or culture will depend. The bases of a person, family or civilization are in the food, health, organization and education. We cannot conceive of the greatness of the Anahuac, its monuments, works of art, their extraordinary knowledge and countless achievements, without an education system which at least was permanently operating during more than 30 centuries prior to the invasion and European destruction. And it cannot be denied that the legacy is still alive and latent in the being of the contemporary culture of Mexico. What is required is to wake it up, activate it to reorient our way.

"—The simple linguistic analysis of five Nahua terms with which the figure of the teacher or temachtiani is described, would constitute the most eloquent commentary about his mission in the Nahuatl world.

''The first is, teixcuitiani: "who—to—the—other—a—face—makes—take". Wonderful example of what we have called —Nahuatl language engineering—. It is composed of the following elements: the prefix te-(to''