I used to be a teacher, got out 10 years ago.

I loved the time I had with the students. Every other aspect of the job was becoming ridiculous and that was a decade before now.

I'm concerned by the lack of overall respect for professional teachers.

Parents question every grade, every assignment, every interaction. These are people who have degrees in the art and science of education and parents blame teachers because they're kid didn't study.

The community questions class sizes and teacher pay when classes are over crowded and teachers can't afford a home.

Administrators keep their jobs by bowing to parents and community members so they don't back up teachers. Forcing teachers into an overwhelming bureacracy so that they can justify their existence.

Then, when teachers quit, instead of improving working conditions we throw veterans, retirees, and the unqualified into these jobs and lower licensing standards "because if you can't do, teach".

Just because you sat in a desk for 12 years of your life doesn't mean you can or should tell teachers how to do their jobs.

Respect it as a profession.