[pbuzbee]

Is this a shock?

- Low pay. For STEM fields, you can easily make far more in industry.

- Decreasing resources and investment from the community.

- Decreasing freedom in what you teach and how you choose to teach it.

- Half of parents see you as a babysitter, and the other half sees you as the only obstacle between their child and Harvard.

- High scrutiny of your actions. What you do outside of working hours can affect your job (e.g. having a drink at a bar or posting on Facebook). In our polarized society, anything that's slightly political could cost you your career.

- If you're male, expect heavier scrutiny. People will always suspect that you could be a child predator.

- Fear of school shootings.

EDIT:

And I almost forgot:

- A society where somewhere between 20-50% of people are skeptical of your value and unhappy with your profession today.