A few extended family members who are in education at the college level–in teaching and admin–have mentioned they would have never considered getting involved at any lower level of education because of the constant “babysitting,” to use their words, of students and parents.

Personally, we had only one issue with a teacher over the years with our three grown children. Most of them them were fantastic people with great work ethics, and our kids had great experiences with just about all of them. My daughter, who is now an MD, credits her interest in science to one of her early teachers.