Paying to teach in the trenches was like putting my face through a cutout hole at a carnival while a quarterback threw pies at me. At least with a carnival, I'd see it coming.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.
I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.
If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did.
If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.
I came from a farming background, and my career was teaching.
I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.
I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.
We need to reward the 'thankless job' of substitute teaching with better pay and chances for permanent positions. I look forward to the day when no student comes home saying, 'I didn't learn much today... we had a sub.'