Great Expectations

A lot of garbage is being tossed around about teachers these days. I'm so tired of hearing fat-bellied suits who take government bailouts talk about how overpaid teachers are for such an "easy" job. I'm tired of people actually having a voice and standing up for what they want only to be hushed by sneaky, suspiciously underhanded political maneuvers no one understands. Why am I in the United States trying to make a difference when what I do is not respected? I'm not looking for a medal; I just don't want to be villainized if I get paid a middle-class salary for working through a bachelor's and master's degree to do my job well.

Crap like this makes me so annoyed with the United States. Get it together, people. If you tell people their job doesn't matter, after a while they'll live up to your expectations.