Many of the snarly bad-tempered teachers whom we remember with hatred were really nice people soured by years of anxiety and penny-pinching.
Gilbert HighetBad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness.
Gilbert HighetThe teacher's chief difficulty is poverty. He (or she) belongs to a badly paid profession. He cannot dress and live like a workman, but he is sometimes paid as little as an unskilled laborer.
Gilbert Highet