Why A Teacher?

     I haven't given it much thought until recently but now that I sit down and think about it I can't understand why anybody would want to become a teacher. The pay isn't the best and the students everyday are a nightmare. I always told myself if i were to ever teach i would be teaching Seniors who have some level of maturity. What about the teachers that teach middle school and down? They must come to work everyday knowing that they get to see snotty brats that won't learn a thing. While going through a normal school day me and my friend encountered perhaps one of the most awful situations we had ever seen. It was as if the student had learned nothing his entire time in the school system. All me and Dwayne could do was face palm and smile as he just kept going on. While we were walking to our next class I pondered what could that teacher possibly get form doing this day after day. With students like this how can you go home after a long day and feel accomplished with yourself.
     The night I type this i actually for the first time ran into a teacher on XBOX Live. I explained to him the situation of what happened in class that day and asked him what keep him going. He simply told me that "you just show up and hope for the best." Which wasn't a great help in my understanding of what drives teachers to do what they do. I believe at the beginning of each year the teachers are looking for that one student in each class who is there to actually learn to draw hope from.
     Ever since I reached Freshman year I have always tried to be that one student that can balance fun in class and still keep up with the workload. As the year progresses teachers really seem to open up to the classes as well. Ironically I have had a few teachers along the line tell me I would be excellent as a teacher. When I picture standing in-front of a hopeless class lecturing all day it gives me second thoughts. I don't think I could draw enough steam from that one or two actual students to keep going.
     Maybe teachers know that every year is just a hopeless bunch but they come for that one or two actual students and just hope for the best with everyone else. Regardless they show up everyday and even though they don't have the best to work with they get by working with what they're given.