>And teachers? I have respect for them, but I don't consider what they do necessarily difficult, especially in lower grades. There's a difference between a "te

>And teachers? I have respect for them, but I don't consider what they do necessarily difficult, especially in lower grades. There's a difference between a "teacher" and a great teacher. Even in the lower levels I think it's hard to know how much of an effect incentivizing great teachers to stick around could have on the world and economy. Grade school years are highly influential years of people's lives and for some, school is the only chance they have to see something different and break the mold of which they've been brought into.