I've found in many of the conversations I've had with teachers that I am frustrated with the answers I get. I feel this because there seems to be a negative trend in how people view the future of education. For the last week I tried to go around to everyone I talked to, to see what they feel is future of education. I'm not sure if they think I'm looking for a negative answer, or whether they truly feel the way they do, but they all, with the exception of two very young teachers, predicted very negative futures for education. One teacher said that teaching today is "not the profession she entered into." Another said that she worries whether she'll even have a job in ten years with the way technology is "interfering" with our lives. From the conversations throughout the semester I arrived at the conclusion that they all felt that the role of a teacher was insignificant now, and from these conversations I deduced that they feel these roles will only worsen. I'm not sure whether to agree or disagree when so many people complain about the state of education, and then predict poor things in the future. Isn't that kind of giving up on the future?...kind of saying we can't do anything about it?