Teachers are really unsung heroes.
They are the worst paid of any professionals of their level of skill.
We entrust them with the very lives and success of our children.
And many teachers are real humanitarians, who make all the difference in the lives of the children they care for.
My dad was a teacher, and wherever we went, anywhere in the world, this is the kind of thing that would happen. Walking down the street, or filing out of a concert, or standing in line for a sports event, some stranger would walk up to us and say "You probably don't recognize me, but you were my teacher in 1948 and it was because of you I decided to...." and from there he or she would tell us how he/she had become a doctor, lawyer, a success in sports, artist or, yes, a teacher like him.
