Its almost as if they are also humans who need to feed and enjoy themselves outside their job. I know a few american teachers, grade thru hs. They report wages

Its almost as if they are also humans who need to feed and enjoy themselves outside their job. I know a few american teachers, grade thru hs. They report wages and supplies are a bit better off than in previous years, but that cricculum is so perscribed that they feel little leeway to actually 'teach'. They find themselves optimising for test taking and hate themselves a little bit for it. They are constantly under fire from other teachers with competing agendas, and beset by often abusive, sometimes nessarry, unions. It is a bad system that has evolved and the teachers are sad pawns in it. But there is still live to live, love to explore and things to strive for outside your job. Teachers have a heavy feeling of seeing their enforced ineffectiveness slowly degrade their community. But screw teachers for not having extra time, amirite?