Instead of vilifying teachers and unions,  why don't you educate yourself? Nobody thinks they're going to get rich by teaching. We're asking that we be paid fairly and the state always says there isn't money. Well, there's money for rail but not for us. We're THE lowest paid teachers in the country. We work in hot classrooms trying to meet the socio-emotional needs of dozens of kids at a time, we have 1/2 hour lunches, and our motives are impugned by people like you who don't actually know what we do but apparently think we are personally responsible for poverty in Hawaii and refuse to fix it. I offer you an open invitation to come to my classroom at Dole Middle School (just sign in at the office) where you can experience what teachers and students really do. You should find our work valuable, I know my students and I do, and I hope that the state begins to value us as well.