Teachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they are nowadays. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Although it’s common sense that teachers these days are more respected than in the past, as far as I am concerned, such an assumption is not the reality at all.

The most important reason lies in improved living standards, which have greatly reduced the cost of education, which contributes to lower status of teachers. A long time ago, keeping humans from starvation was once a challenge for a household. In such circumstances, education was expensive and rare. Nowadays, most children have cheap and abundant access to teachers, both in a public way and in a private way. They may study online, take after-school courses, participate in summer camps, and so on. Hence, with such availability of teaching, teachers are not the venerable figure we value. Take the telephone as an example, when it first came out, it was so expensive that most people could hardly get one. And people were bound to respect a person who had a phone. But as telephones became cheap, today everyone has a phone. Needless to say, you will not look up to someone for their phone. To sum up, since education is inexpensive in the current world, teachers are not so valued as they were in the past.

Furthermore, teachers are not necessary for gaining knowledge, so they are not valued much these days. In the past, there were few optional ways for learning, and even books were rare and costly. At that time, teachers are one of the most critical and possible access toward knowledge. As a result, people appreciated teachers for their intelligence. On the contrary, in the modern society, we can find knowledge everywhere, such as from television, the Internet, books, and so on. Meanwhile, can you find a teacher with more knowledge than the Internet? Use me for an example. Whenever I have doubts on a subject, I would instinctively google it on the Internet, but not contact my teachers. Thus, with the variety of access to knowledge, teachers have become less appreciated status these days.

In all, the improvement in living standards have lowered the cost of teaching while the development of technology has diversified our ways of gaining knowledge. As a result, teachers gained less appreciation now than they did in the past.

It’s common sense that teachers these days are more respected than in the past. But as far as I am concerned, such an assumption is far from the reality.

The most important reason lies in reduced cost of education, which contributes to a lower status of teachers. A long time ago, keeping humans from starvation was once a challenge for a household. In such circumstances, education was expensive and rare. Nowadays, most children have cheap and abundant access to teachers, both in a public and private way. They may study online, take after-school courses, participate in summer camps, and so on. Hence, with such availability of teaching, teachers are not the valuable figure we cherish. Take the telephone as an example. When it first came out, it was so expensive that most people could hardly get one. And people were bound to respect a person who had a phone. But as telephones became cheap, today everyone has a phone. In such circumstances, you will not look up to someone for their phone. To sum up, since education is inexpensive in the current world, teachers are not as valued as they were in the past.

Furthermore, teachers are not necessary for gaining knowledge, so they are not valued much these days. In the past, learning materials were rare and costly, and there were few alternative ways of education. At that time, teachers are one of the most critical and possible access toward knowledge. As a result, people appreciated teachers for their intelligence. On the contrary, in  modern society, we can find knowledge everywhere, such as from television, the Internet, books, and other sources. Meanwhile, can you find a teacher with more knowledge than the Internet? Use me for an example. Whenever I have doubts on a subject, I would instinctively google it on the Internet but not contact my teachers. Thus, with the variety of access to knowledge, teachers have become less appreciated status these days.

In all, the improvement in living standards has lowered the cost of teaching. Besides, the development of technology has diversified our ways of gaining knowledge. As a result, teachers gained less appreciation now than they did in the past.