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I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

I love working with kids and helping others, so I feel like a career in teaching would be perfect.

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and watchman, electricians of the mind.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

Teachers need to be paid like professionals.

To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.

Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.