You either LOVE teachers or you don't. For the don'ts would you like to make any of your child's failures in life the fault of teachers?

I don't know about that. As you know I don't have children of my own. But I don't know of anyone who is "anti-teacher".  They may be "anti" particular teachers.  But after all teachers are only doing what communities and schools hire them to do.  Like policemen.  I guess I look at public education as more part of the socialization process than anything else.  We can have teaches we like and teachers we don't like, teachers who inspire us and teachers or who bore us.  Which is so often just a matter of personality.  In our formative years we have no idea what we are picking up from them and maybe in many cases we never do. They are just there.  When I think of the teachers I had I now think of them as just doing the best they could under the circumstances. Many of us were not very studious and just in a hurry to grow up and do what we wanted.  So we did not appreciate our teachers.  I sometimes wish I could go back and really listen to them and learn from them and respect them.  Which I could not do at the time because I was not very bright and a bad student!

When you and I were in school one thing was certain - you were supposed to respect your teachers and do what they told you . There was none of this threatening court action if a teacher raised his voice to little Johnny or if little Amy got a "D" instead of a "C".  Getting along with and respecting people was considered a part of our socialization process in those days.  And if we misbehaved our parents always assumed the teacher was right and we were wrong.  That was just the way it was. 

So, who's doing that? 

You have no intention of rewarding {insert ANY profession here} for doing their job well.
It is their job to do well. You only punish them for not doing the job.


Yeah.  So?
Few employers reward employees for doing their job.
Fewer reward employees for going "above and beyond".



And I've pointed out the fallacy that teachers (at least, in Oregon and Washington) spend their own money on kids.
Yet, they still claim that's the case, despite proof to the contrary.
I don't know if other states have public schools put out a back-to-school shopping list of supplies.  
But if they do, people should take a look at what is allegedly required for ONE student, before they believe the teachers are buying supplies.
Because I will bet that most of those supplies go to a shared cache ... and the kids do not get to take home what they didn't use.

Teachers in Longview WA even used phrases like "snot nosed brats" and "little bastards" during contract negotiations last year. 
Right in front of parents who were supporting them, at a City Hall meeting.
So don't tell me they care about the children.

I've seen what individual teachers make, in my local school district.
As I've said before, it is comparable with just about any other job requiring the same level of education and experience. This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at April 2, 2019 3:10 PM MDT

Somewhere in my 20 year career, parent's started blaming us, as did the students. What the hell am I supposed to do with a 15 year old when he/she can't read and can barely speak his/her native language? (English)

No, I do not blame the teachers. I do think teachers have started to let things slide that would not have when I was in school.
Math....no work shown. Just the answer. 
Kids passed that cannot read. 
Most cannot write in cursive. 

My kids can do these things because I required it.