“there are three main reasons people want to become teachers: June, July, and August.”
My dad was a teacher and then got his doctorate and became professor of elementary education. He would say there were two reasons people became teachers, those that really cared about children, and those that wanted summers off.
As I got older and into jr high and high school I found a third, those that want to coach.
I was very lucky to have had several teachers along the way whose hearts were truly into their vocation. I can remember each by name to this day, at 62.