Ted Dintersmith

But, you know, it's like our teachers, we just wail on them, right?

I mean, it's just heartbreaking.

And it ripples down.

When I ask teachers in schools today, what drew you to the profession?

It is often...

My parent did, often the mother.

And then I say to them, would you encourage your child to teach?

And they say, nope, nope.

And I'm living that.

I've got a 27-year-old daughter who does teach.

And I mean, like when I track how her hours are and how little she's paid, I'm not going to, I hope she doesn't watch this podcast because I'm thrilled.

But I'm like, wow, it's a good thing she's incredibly frugal because no one could live on that salary.

It's grim.

I mean, the pipeline's shriveled up.

There are a lot of openings.

You know, so there is, I think anybody in that world would say there's an acute shortage of teachers.

And it's just, we've made it very, you know,

You know, if you're not on this page on October 19th, we'll wrap your knuckles.

You know, I'm a supporter of and have visited several times.

There's this National Teachers Hall of Fame in the middle of nowhere in Kansas, Emporia, Kansas.