Wally:
I agree with MS... the value of your comments is negative.

The majority of teachers are competent and caring. Many devote hundreds of after-school hours for coaching. I'm a retired elementary teacher who had the good fortune to be assigned to a high school for three years. What I observed in Student Services was an absolute eye-opener: a team of very busy teachers who dealt with all sorts of delicate and difficult situations (sexual assault, home turmoil, depression & suicidal thoughts, substance abuse, bullying, failing grades, interpersonal conflicts, etc).

As a parent I observed a similar dynamic at my son's high school. To dismiss the efforts of such caring, effective professionals as "useless" and self-interested is not only negative, it's untrue.

As William Blake said 200 years ago, "To Generalize is to be an Idiot."