A teacher is essentially an “assimilator,” because teaching requires the student’s education, and education means reducing and forcing them into molds, the molds of others.

 A teacher is essentially an “assimilator,” because teaching requires the student’s education, and education means reducing and forcing them into molds, the molds of others. Prophecy is different because it does not even require teaching anything; it is merely being a guide, if at all, and guidance is distinct from instruction.