the people haven't changed. so i ask you, america. why have we changed? why do we view public education so different today than ten years ago or 20 years ago or when my mother was a teacher? are we changing as a country? we must be. we must be changing as a country. our priority list has shifted. we now bicker over paying teachers $50,000 a year. we now villify teachers when we say that they have health care. oh, by the way, they're part-time. they get three months off. we don't report the fact that many of them have to invest in their own career to keep their accreditation, to get more degrees, to advance themselves. there is no government loan for that. there's no government handout.