Teachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they were nowadays. Agree or not?

I disagree with the statement that teachers were more appreciated and valued by society several years ago [ in the past  ]than [ they are  ] nowadays. (It is true that being a teacher was quite difficult in the past. )[logically disconnected   ]With respect, I argue that teachers are even more valuable and cherished at present,[ redundant  ] in such an era of rapid development, [ punctuation error  ]because of the lack of educational resources and the huge content of knowledge[ confusing/conflicting  ]. [  split the last sentence into two ]

Firstly, the problem of lacking educational resources becomes increasingly serious nowadays. (With the development of education, every school-age child needs high-quality education resources,)[  confusing ] in which[  ? ] teachers with excellent skills play a vital role[ in terms of ?  ]. My personal experience is a compelling example of this. I was once a member of the [  a ]Java programming team, and there were always [ that assiduously dealt with  ]difficult tasks [  such as fixing ] to solve or uncommon bugs to fix. [punctuation error   ]And most of these problems didn’t have[ lacked  ] correct answers on the Internet or in a guidebook. [punctuation error   ]So when I had trouble solving problems, instead of searching for the answer myself, which might make no sense, I turned to my experienced teacher for help.[ split this sentence into two  ] [  punctuation error ]And my teacher will[ grammatical error  ] always give some ideas or some creative ways to solve these problems. Consequently, I was able to learn[ ed substantive amounts of  ] Java [ knowledge  ]pretty well.

Furthermore, living in the age of the Internet, teachers can help us classify and distinguish[ wrong word  ] the huge amount of knowledge. On the other hand, teachers can tell us whether (this kind of)[  ? ] knowledge is wrong or outdated, which means we can focus on the things that we really need.[wordy   ] For instance, in the process of [ In sitting for the ]learning TOEFL [ test  ], there were lots of different sayings, like the ways to get a high score in the reading part, or how to remember words is the most efficient. Honestly speaking, as a student, I couldn’t figure out what kind of ways are reasonable.[  redundant – simplify ] During that period, my teacher gave me lots of advice[readily advised me    ] and[ helped me to correct  ] corrected many wrong methods I [ had  ]learned from the Internet. As a result, I made great progress in my [ the  ]TOEFL test.

In conclusion, I strongly feel that having teachers is worth appreciating, especially at present.[ unclear  ]