Where do I go from here?......

Does it ever drive you nuts to think of how lucky and blessed we are to have the school systems that we do? Or maybe... you think I'm nuts for thinking such an outrageous thought. But seriously, take a second to think of all that we have in our society. We have a sufficient number of educators who are passionate about what they do. (even if some teachers seem like they're out to get us...maybe they are.) They sacrifice patience and high rowdiness tolerance to teach. In fact, some high schools have some of the best teachers in the nation. They rack up a pretty high number of superb scores in the national standings. Why? Because they care...There are teachers out there incessantly broadening young minds...that's their job....that's what they're here for.... to educate us. If only we students loved learning and baring with the school system as much as these teachers sacrifice. If you look back on all your years of school....just think about how far you have come. We've gone from the ABC days to writting 3 essays in 120 minutes. It's bizzare how one of the most popular topics of discussion is how inadequately a teacher teaches...which I admit I've been guilty of. Imagine how hard it is for a teacher to be teaching...they may not be the best....but not only do they deal with having to teach us things we perhaps dont know, but they have to put up with our attitudes and other junk we bring into the classroom. You try being a teacher.

Which brings me to another point. So many people these days are going into the medical, communication, and business fields. How many of the people in your graduating high school are going into education or plan to? Today in one of my classes, our teaher took a poll of how many people plan to go into education.....out of about 35 students....no one raised their hands. I bet if you asked who in that class wanted to be a doctor or an engineer....I'd be bold enough to say that about 2/3 or more of the class would have raised their hands. Many of our teachers are either babyboomer generation or well on their way to retirement. When they leave who will replace them? Will there be enough passionate people to fill their positions? Will they be able to deal with us? If not enough people want to be teachers....that is.. middle and high school teachers....who's gonna teach our children? Seriously now....who will educate our children? Will they have the opportunites we've been able to have through our schooling days? Do people even care? Do you care?

Personally, I dont think teachers are appreciated enough. They're both under appreciated and under paid. Is it too much to ask of students to go to class every day, show some respect by staying awake, and not complain every hour of the day about the people who hope they're teaching you something?
I know, there are some teachers who really dont know why they're teaching in the first place, but those that do want to be at school teaching every day, I think, deserve respect from us. There's not enough teachers loving what they do as it is....do you think our kids in the future will have just as many blessings of faithful teachers that we have today?