Yep, lots of good ones here too. I’m sure there’s some natural variability from place to place, but there’s also the matter of who left the biggest impression, i.e. aside from that one molester, how were your teachers? I can see how one or even a few particularly bad ones can make the whole lot look worse, and vice-versa.

You certainly don’t become a public school teacher because you avoid hard work, or just like the prestige and big paychecks. You may, however, not be very competent at it.