Not getting entirely wether this started out as sarcasm, or if only the comments in red are meant to be. But I wonder why techers having a bad image seems to be such a global thing, unless you take a look at those areas where going to school is a luxury for many kids... people with unfond memories of their own school time, a few decades before the current debate? I've been partaking in debate processes about education for many years now, I've actually been along those people who were all for improving the education for the job (with hardly any practical value just up until the end and a lot of exploitation of people who haven't even finished their job training) and the salary. But those are, in detail, very specific, local issues.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)