New found respect for teachers...

Within the past two weeks two different individuals approached me and commented that they have a "new found respect" for teachers. The first was a parent who recently retired, freeing up more time for her to be more involved in her high schooler's education and school overall.  She spent a considerable amount of time in the school itself. That experience enlightened her to the difficult tasks that teachers perform on a daily basis.  She informed me that she had a new found respect for teachers having spent some time on the "inside".

The second individual was employed with the School District of Philadelphia, but with budget cuts and an uncertain future, he decided that it was time to move on, before he HAD to move on. His comment to me, "Man, I have a new found respect for teachers having been on the inside."

Suggestion: Everyone should spend some time on the "inside" and they, too, should discover a new found respect for teachers and the respectable work and service that we perform on a daily basis.