[buggyone]

I do not see how some construe my post as bashing.

I stated some of my teachers were very good and some were not good teachers. I stated that teachers in cities and suburbs get paid well, will not get rich, but have good retirement plans.

I stated that the teachers get two months off in the summer and have other vacation times during the year.

Not bashing at all. Teachers can be great influences or they can make school a miserable experience.

For example, when my wife was a 4th grader, she went to the school library and wanted to check out "Wizard of Oz". Her teacher said it was too advanced a book for a 4th grader but the librarian told the teacher to let her check out the book. The teacher made her do an oral book report on the book, told her it was all wrong because that was not how it was in the movie. The teacher had never read the book! This was not the way to build up a student's self-confidence and self-esteem.

My wife's mother was born left-handed and the school teachers told her she could not write left-handed in that school and must learn to be right-handed. She could not learn to be right-handed, teachers ignored her and she dropped out of school in the 10th grade.

Just like any profession - some are excellent and some are not good.

I am glad that the OP had excellent teachers all the way through high school - however, I would not give a special thank-you to all teachers.

What did I say that is not true?