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

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.

I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.

Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.

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.

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

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach.