Last year, my sophomore year of college, I changed my major from nursing to education. I have had plenty of peers and adults ask me about my change. No matter who I am talking to, 90% of the time when I tell them my major is education I hear, "Oh, so you want to be a teacher," or "You know you won't make a lot of money." Throughout school, I looked up to all of my teachers and dreamed to become a superhero just like them. I grew up wanting to be a music teacher, but always received the comments about how I wouldn't make a lot of money and how music programs usually get cut first. So, my sophomore year of high school I switched to nursing because I would be able to help people and make more money. My question is, when do people go from looking up to teachers to looking down on them just because they don't make a lot of money? When did being rich become more important than being happy and making a difference? When you think about it, without teachers it would be hard for any other profession to exist. Teachers are the ones who teach the future doctors, nurses, architects, accountants, and anything else a child wants to be when they grow up. Not only do we work hard to teach children not only the material they need to learn, but we also teach them how to become citizens of the world. We pour ourselves into those kids expecting nothing in return. We are there to motivate them. We are there for struggles and successes. We spend extra time teaching struggling students to see their smiles when it finally clicks. We work overtime without pay to help children reach their fullest potential. Teachers are the superheroes of the world and always will be. So no, we won't make a lot of money, but we will change some lives, and that is ten times greater than anything money can buy.