I believe there's not a harder job in the world than being a teacher, and there isn't a job with a more direct impact on the performance of our students.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Student teaching is the hardest job there is.
Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.
My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being a teacher.
Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work.
One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century.
If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.
Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in the U.S. work long hours for little pay and, in many cases, insufficient support from their leadership.
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