Having gone to school for nine years in small communities in Sweden, I decided not to ever become a school teacher because they all were chronically undervalued. It always saddens me to hear of teachers not being properly appreciated, especially ones like you who really put some much effort into being good at it. There is sadly nothing much I can do to fix this, but I will offer you some (virtual) chocolate to show my support.

There was a really depressing statistical analysis by the trade union for Swedish employees with academic training a year or so ago, that showed you actually earned less over your lifetime if you trained as a teacher in Sweden! Given how vitally important teachers are, I think that is just horrendous!