I agree with not touching the good/bad convo. As a public school educator, I exist in a system In which I am penalized for my effectiveness. I can identify with shortcomings of a socialistic system. For example, I happen to be able to connect well with the wayward middle schoolers, I’ve found success with good number of reluctant middle school math students. As a result,my middle school counselors direct increasingly challenging students to my schedule. My Strength in ability has been revealed. As a result, I am expected to then to provide more to with students that take a larger portion of my time and energy. I am expected to produce more and more with less This is our fundamental difficulty in public schools. There has to be another way to do this. I have yet to see a way out.