Georgia - your comment sounded snide.

Rachel - I am not a teacher however I do have friends who are and I wouldn't want their job. I think their greatest heartache is that parents do not get involved with their child's education and when the child is in trouble - it's usually that parent who flips on the teachers because it "couldn't be their child." If that child fails a course - it is the teachers fault - "they didn't spend enough time teaching my child."

Keep up the good work, I know you have some students that are your pride and joy with or without the parents participation.