For the first half of your comment I just kept say "that takes money" in my head over and over and then you said it. Pure and simple, this comes down to money o

For the first half of your comment I just kept say "that takes money" in my head over and over and then you said it. Pure and simple, this comes down to money or rather the lack thereof. When I was younger I had heavily considered going into teaching until I learned how little they make and how shitty parents are to them (not all, but enough to make their jobs hell if they want). After the last two years I cannot imagine why anyone would go into teaching (or nursing for that matter). Both groups bent over backwards (by and large, obviously you are going to always have a few duds) to continue to provide the best service they could and were treated terribly (and paid terribly) in return. Plenty of people (including some in these comments) want to wax poetic about "think of the children" or "the children are our future" but I have a hard time those same people are willing to put their money where their mouth is. Why we aren't shoveling money into education (before the pandemic as well) is completely beyond me and that's coming from someone who is childless. I'm more than happy to see my taxes go up if the money is going towards education.