This poem provides advice for those considering becoming a teacher. It emphasizes that one should only become a teacher if it is a burning passion that comes from within, and not for any external reasons like money, fame, or to please others. It warns that teaching requires fully engaging one's soul, mind and passion for ideas, and should not be undertaken as just a job or if one has to learn how from others first. Only those truly called to teaching from deep within themselves should enter the profession.