Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.
Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.
Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.
When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.
Teachers do the noble work of educating our children. And we can't thank them enough for the hard work they put in every day to ensure a bright future for all of us.
To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.
Great teachers should be rewarded.
In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money than they might fetch in some other industry, given their skills and advanced degrees.
Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.
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.
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