1.   A good teacher should have imagination and perseverance.

2.   All teachers have children that they are particularly fond of.

3.   But of course teachers have extra commitments.

4.   Do all teachers have a right to join a union and engage in collective bargaining?

5.   Do teachers have the right to circulate controversial petitions on school premises?

6.   However, tenured teachers do not have a right either to a particular position in a school district or to indefinite employment.

7.   If this threshold hurdle were cleared, then the teacher would have the extra pay for life.

8.   In addition to their normal teaching duties, teachers these days have stacks of paperwork to do.

9.   In some parts of the city, teachers have to deal with violence in the classroom.

10.   In the school system, many teachers do not have a strong enough grasp of the language to teach in it effectively.