Teaching is the most important role in society

90% of Pro's entire argument has been the words of someone other than her. I hope people take this into account when marking conduct. Pro's argument essentially revolves around the theory that because teaching is one, of many, influences of political leaders that is therefore the most important role in society. This is a self-refuting argument because if the justification for teaching comes from world leaders, then my opponent is valuing the words of world leaders above those of teachers. If the words of world leaders are being valued as most valuable then political leaders are the most important role in society, not teachers. In fact any doctor or nurse who helps save a teacher's life will inevitably be more important, or equivalently important to that teacher. Another problem is with the resolution itself. Teaching is not a role in society, it is a duty played by the role of a 'teacher'. Thus, the resolution itself is impossible to uphold. Now I shall dismantle Pro's case piece by piece. The first quote comes from Henry Adams, a historian [http://www.britannica.com...]. A historian's words being Pro's fundamental foundation for their case indicates that Historians play a more important role in society than teachers. Henry Adams also made these two quotes: http://en.thinkexist.com... (1) "Friends are born, not made." This is false because people must be made, as in conceived, before they are born. Also you can 'make friends'.[http://www.wikihow.com...] (2) "Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts." This indicates that he doesn't support teachers, he only thinks that they influence eternity, and probably do so in a very negative manner. I have both negated the validity of the man making the quote and proven that he never intended it to be interpreted as teaching being the most important role in society. After this, Pro goes on to talk about the abusive teacher that caned C.D. Lewis. I am not sure how the fact that an author was caned by a teacher and has recurring nightmares of this means that his hatred of education suddenly justifies teachers a playing the most important role in society. Hellen Keller has nothing to do with this debate. The doctors and psychologists who analyzed her and came up with ways to help her cope with being blind and deaf clearly the played more important roles in her life. As for the Hitler quote, I find it most amusing that a man who killed about 6 million Jews, over three million Soviet prisoners of war, two million Soviet civilians, one million Polish civilians, one million Yugoslav civilians. 70,000 men, women and children with mental and physical handicaps and 200,000 gypsies along with an unknown numbers of political prisoners, resistance fighters, homosexuals and deportees is being considered as a valid source of opinion on matters of prioritization. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk...) Soviet Russia collapsed in on itself. So much for that. [https://en.wikipedia.org...] I find it immeasurably amusing when Pro chooses to say how the fact that teaching can lead people to shape society justifies teaching as being the most important role in society. You see, if this is the justification for teaching being the most important role in society, then it indicates that the political figures who shape society are more important. It's circular logic to use politicians to justify teachers' important and teachers to justify politicians' importance.