Why is the Cold Hard Truth so hard?

Even though teachers know everything they know, and have all the tools we are supposed to have...why is it so hard at times? 

Let me answer that for you. Living the simplest truths is seldom easy, and that is certainly the case inside of the classroom. Teachers mean to care, and I have seen that through professors in college, high school, jr. high, elementary school, and inside the schools that I have been in for my training. I have noticed at times it is hard for teachers to care when they don't feel "smart" or "prepared". 

"It's hard to care deeply about the kid whose questions make us feel dumb. It's hard to care deeply about the child whose temper destroys the tone of the classroom in an instant. It's difficult to care about the child whose demeanor seems threatening, the one who stares with blank eyes, and the one who literally says, "I hate you." It's hard to care because we don't know how to see through someone else's eyes."

Teachers work extremely hard. They care for 20-30 students everyday from when the bell rings to when it rings again. Teachers also have people at home who rely on them as family. It seems like there needs to be more than just "one" around. It is hard because we are taught how to teach, and we should already know how to care. We are not taught how to truly love a great child, or even a tough child. Yet, we learn how to do this.  It is hard because people keep telling us how we should teach and how we should not teach. 

BUT...

There is one promise that all teachers should, and will make you. It is a guarantee. Teachers will learn how to care for each child, even if the child does not care for us. Teachers will care everyday, even if the day is long and hard. Teachers will take the risks, and the hardships. Because we take these risks the lives of children become more fulfilled, and more prepared. Even our lives become more fulfilled each day.