Teachers are awarded when they train kids to win the race to the bottom of the brain stem. There is more to programming than meets the eye. It is true that politics is often at the root of this programming.

Physical brutality from below and emotional brutality from above leaves teachers in the middle, pitifully rewarded when they comply to teaching a mind set they may not agree with.

When a rogue teacher enhances learning with giving kids a virtual feeling of freedom the teacher is often not rewarded but is popular with the students.

Only teachers remember the special rewards that do exist. When my father received a rare reward he would beam.