anchor: That teaching, done right, requires all of a teacher's emotional and intellectual resources; that we accord teachers neither the respect nor the pay they need to function well in their jobs; that few public school teachers come close to the ideal or leave the students with anything like what they need to get by--all this seems like a good argument for better pay scales and reform in the educational system that produces teachers.
positive: Teachers should be paid better because their job is emotionally and intellectually demanding.
negative: Teachers are well-respected and well-paid members of their communities.