I have very high respect for teachers that get the job done. Teaching is an extremely difficult and important job. And it is quite apparent that we are in desperate need of teachers that can actually do the job. Pride of workmanship would have teachers wanting to have their students periodically evaluated and tested to show how well they have done their job. We have some very competent teachers that get the job done and welcome student testing (in spite of sorry admin and unfair union). But the majority of teachers here instead of doing their jobs they band together wear purple shirts and mob the government for a better contract, and no accountability in the form of testing students. Many teachers are middle class kids that took the path of least resistance in what was expected by their parents (college) and because they lacked drive ended up teachers. That lack of drive shows by what the private sector taxpayers get for their money. Your degrees mean nothing if you don't do your job.