Yes, it is far more complicated than that. And yes, it is too much a burden for any struggling student to carry on with only hope in their heart. What's the point of passion when life simply ain't fair. Maybe the point is not how some parents could send the kids to the best school, find the right books, buy the most flashy technology. Maybe the point really is that as teachers, our passion in teaching should reach out not only to individual students but also to the education system itself.
Teachers are the ones who make the education system work.
Teachers could be the ones to change the education system to the better as well. Louis Schmier repeatedly reminds me that my passion for teaching is important to my students as individuals. I was disturbed because I didn't find it.