Our choices now will help create the future of these people. This is not an exaggeration. It is a fact. The two most influential groups of people in the life of any child are Parents and Teachers, in that order. People who hold the false assumption that teaching is easy work are fools.
Teaching is a precious responsibility.
It requires an investment of time, effort, energy, and emotion paralleled only by parenting itself. Teachers, like it or not, are public figures in our communities. We are held up to a stricter standard, a stronger code of conduct and morals, of intellect and ethics, of understanding and ability. When you go to the grocery store and meet Timmy's mom, make no mistake, you are a teacher first and a private citizen second. Timmy's mom will note your attire and your manner.