He is pained that the profession no longer attracts the dedication it once did and rues the all-round decline in quality education. Not exactly, when one sees the sort of people joining the profession today.
Teaching is no longer a first choice with the new generation despite the enhanced pay scales.
The profession has never been given its duestatus in society, not even even when I joined the Robert Money School in 1967. But, unlike today, teachers then were a dedicated lot. Teachers today unhesitatingly recommend guide books. Their proliferation in the coaching class arena is another indicator of the falling standards. Of course, this is as much a failing of the teachers as it is their schools'.