I was lucky enough to have teachers who were passionate about educating kids. They were dedicated to their jobs, and committed to giving us the best possible start in life.
But if you're in school today, you'd be lucky to have just one teacher like that.
What happened? There are many reasons for the situation we now find ourselves in. One of them is that government is simply not making teaching a desirable enough profession to attract the best and the brightest young minds.
Even someone who really loves the idea of teaching may decide to pursue another career, because they want to earn the sort of salary that would allow them to take care of their families and live a relatively comfortable life.
And who can blame them? Not everyone is selfless enough to sacrifice a proper income for the sake of educating the next generation. I know I'm not.
But most of the blame for the current education crisis has to go to the unions, I'm sorry to say. Yes, unions can do good, but I'm afraid our education unions have long ago lost the plot.