Only if the teacher's role is to inspire people to learn, to create a thirst for knowledge and things like that, only then a teacher's role has something to give. If he's just trying to transmit information, the other means of transmission (audio/ video/ internet) are better than a human being
Additional information/ Source: Book: Inspire Your Child Inspire the World; page 29
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