On top of that, there is the "education first" mindset. When a culture puts education first(e.g Eastern Asia countries), it not only means they will sacrifice t

On top of that, there is the "education first" mindset. When a culture puts education first(e.g Eastern Asia countries), it not only means they will sacrifice their limited resources for education, it also means teachers are well respected and well paid across the society, relatively speaking. Further, when a country focuses on CRT and LGBT+-education and Equity-grading at K-12 these days, school is no longer a place to prepare kids for a meaningful career, instead it is a playground to raise future everyone-is-a human rights activist or politician, we will have to rely on skillful immigrants that actually _DO_ things to sustain the economy, this pattern won't last very long obviously. It's not a teacher's problem, or school's funding problem, it's more of a political problem to me these days(including the recent education-unrelated law changes). I feel lost as an independent.