One of the most striking points through this material is that we, teachers and professors, have to be really strong advocates of our profession. Truth to be told, we live in this new changing digital age, with diverse communities and major advances in technology, social media outburst and potential opportunities for almost anyone and everywhere. The importance of education, in shaping children as they grow up, by providing them all essential tools and skills that will allow them to effectively adapt in everyday life challenges and be independent, confident, skilled citizens, is highest than ever. Nevertheless, politicians do very little in helping educators be the most effective they can be. In words, all politicians will agree on how important education is and how essential is for both social and economical communities but in actions they follow an opposite direction. Coming from a country (Greece) which has struggled with major financial problems for more than 10 years now, all i see is the demolition of public schools and the devaluation of the profession of teachers through a series of actions such as an increasing load of burocracy to teachers, underpaid salaries, short-staffed and underfunded schools, aged buildings and syllabus that have not been changed for the last > 25 years and more. The major outcome of all these is that children, the future citizens, will not be provided with all essential skills necessary or at least not all. It is a strategic plan to increase injustice between the more wealthy people, who can afford and may find other ways to invest in education of kids and the majority of people in societies. Less educated people are often easier persuaded to follow other ‘experts’ than people who are independent and have found their own voice and have critical thinking.

For all of that, there is no stronger advocate for the importance of education than the teachers themselves.