Learning how to be a teacher is hard work. It is fun and interesting, but very hard work. Most of the people that will read this, likely all the people that will read this, know that. Hours upon hours of working with teachers at schools, working with your teachers on pedagogy, and lesson plans and revieweing and re-reviewing state and federal standards for your own and other programs.
On top of the secondary education degree I am also getting my K-12 certification, and working on, thinking like younguns is mighty difficult. Trying to not dumb the ideas down but to make them understanable while keeping hte layers  is the most difficult part of that.
As much as it is hard work, it is rewarding, interesting, fufilling., and engaging to be a part of this machine.
I don't know about you all, but I look forward to be being one of the overworked underpaid and completely disrespected teachers in somewhere USA. At least I can go to bed at night realizing that I am making a difference, even if it is small, every little bit counts.