Is teaching important? Well, of course it is.

Is teaching important? Well, of course it is.There was a time when the necessary knowledge could be taught to the young by family members. But as societies became more complex and division of labor more diverse, it was impossible for family members to teach the information and skills that young people needed to become useful members of the society. When the society needed specialists, teaching came into being as a career. And it has been of increasing importance during the past hundred years. Today, we have strict rules for teachers. We hope all children can go to schools. It is generally agreed that teaching is indeed an “important” job. In recent years, there has been an increasing need for teachers to be “responsible”. This means that the public expects teachers to succeed in teaching important information to the young. Teachers’ salaries today, while not that much, are much higher than they were in years past. Pay increases have come about because people have realized that without decent salaries, less talented people will get involved with teaching profession. Hence higher salaries and higher qualifications for the prospective teachers. Today almost no one has that “anybody can do a teacher's job” in their mind. The public expects “quality people” to teach the young, and progress is being made to offer better benefits and higher salaries to appeal to more talented people to become school teachers.