Define responsibility.
Truck drivers have hundreds, thousands, millions of lives that they could snuff out in an instant. Year after year, after year. You don't think those responsibilities are worthy? Are you capable of that?
What's the track record of "teachers" screwing up kids? Pretty high..from what I read. But not killing them...so much.
Maybe you don't think the 18 yr old kid without a "degree" in the military doesn't have as much "responsibility" as you either. He/she is just trying to keep our butt's safe.
Of course "teachers" know everything...about everything. While enjoying their 8-10 weeks off a year...as you pointed out. Maybe doing some CEU crap along the way....
Okay let me just come clean....I think most teachers are a joke....Of course I think most any professionals in any profession are generally a joke. : ) I'm in the medical biz....I know Doc's who are jokes. Nurses who are jokes. Therapists who are jokes.
So...I guess my point is...you can crow about teachers...and get your jolly's bagging on truck drivers, but that doesn't mean your "better" than them!!! PERIOD.
Hell, I’m a high school drop out (with a GED) who did just fine in robotics and even went on to run my department. I dated a Serbian PhD/sociologist and she was disgusted by the sheer arrogance of most of her “colleagues” here in the USA.
She pointed out that their arrogance made them virtually incapable of learning and left them helpless when conveniences weren’t immediately available. She laid under the car with me once and learned to change the oil and filter as well as changing the air filter and checking fluid levels before we took a road trip up north.
My brother in law is educated the same way. We had a flat tire one day and he was ready to call a wrecker and rent a car. I put the spare on the car and we went to a garage to fix the tire. The guy at the garage said it would be a couple of hours but we offered him double price and were on the road again in 15 minutes without my bro in law spending a few hundred bucks.