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These people are uneducated
By ER

It makes me kind of mad when people make the comments to which you are referring. Wait until you begin teaching and reach a couple of months into the school year and feel like you have been run over by a train. Then your
favorite comment will be, "Oh, you're a teacher? How fun!" Yeah, tons. Don't get me wrong, teaching can (and should) be fun in a way, but it is not all fun and games. I think teaching is one of the hardest and demanding jobs around. You should reply to these people that they must have had a poor experience in school because they think that teachers aren't valuable in society. Tell

them that you are sorry they had this happen in their lives. I have no tolerance for the ignorant comments that are made when I work so hard and feel that I am really changing lives. People who say these things are uneducated, or at least shallow, because they don't think about it enough to realize that teachers made THEM into who they are. They also do not have anyone in their families who are teachers, because if they knew one well they would understand the pressures and realize the importance of the profession. Don't let them bother you. I think that someday we will be recognized and paid more (at least I hope).