Today, we live in a culture where High School education is labeled "important", and then brushed aside, with colleges and universities known as the institutions where people actually learn things. You get what you celebrate, and society today just doesn't celebrate teaching the way it should.

(The following is my personal opinion, that does not reflect FRC256's opinion)

I think school teachers should not be characterized the way they are now. We see teachers as relatively low-paid people whose job is to teach the learning generations. In my opinion, teachers aren't seen as very important, high up in the food chain people, and they should. Education isn't prioritized because its enablers (teachers) aren't prioritized. In my idea of a "perfect" world, teaching would be one of the top priorities in the culture. Any teacher, Kindergarten to University level, would be given the esteem and respect as one today may look up to a sports hero or government figure (Likable gov't figure), and pay to reflect that. We aren't celebrating great teachers, so getting them isn't as easy as it sounds. My teachers are the greatest people in my life. Not only have I learned invaluable lessons from them, but they also volunteer their own time and money to make learning for us students better. They work hard not only for our future, but the future of our nations. Can we not give them what they deserve?