Teachers do the job most of us are incapable or unwilling to do. Thrust into classrooms with children with a a range of needs and capabilities from all levels of society, they are expected to meet the individual needs of each. Parents, students, and school administrators alike hold them accountable without considering the magnitude of their job. They’d have to be superhuman to take the tender feelings and complex needs of each student.

Worst of all, the salaries of the teacher’s demanding job is in no way commensurate with other professionals. We expect so much from them and treat them so poorly.