While I strongly applaud the job and the difference teachers make it has become a bone of contention here in WI. The issue isn't what they do- though it should be- the theory is teachers should be calling the shots and are not answerable to parents is greatly distorted. The fact that 1 out of every 8 children in our county alone live in object poverty doesn't seem to matter as their union demands for fringe benefits provided by tax hikes on those same families are more important than a hungry child. When people can't feed their kids and programs are being cut from our children's education supposedly due to lack of funds- how dare anyone scream you owe me. When people all across the country of all skill and education levels have lost their jobs and homes how dare they stomp their foot sneering- I am a teacher with a degree how dare you question my motives. In their early years both my parents were teachers and were offered money under the table because the school system wanted them- they refused- now it's not under the table it's done through extortion of unions- Do I begrudge teachers making a fair salary to compensate for their work and take care of their families- not anymore then I do anyone else who is working.