Mag being a teacher now makes me so giddy inside. :)
If those kids get anything from my class, then I'll be happy that I've done my part.
I wonder if these kind of sentiments you are having will ever pass. I know for most of my teachers in highschool they never did go away and always had that kind of outlook.
Sadly, a lot of the teachers here, especially at my middle school and elementary school, were just there for a check. One math teacher at my high school used to regularly send students out for the strangest ***. Of course I was sent out, as were about 6 others. The quiet girl who always followed the rules, was always cooperative eventually showed up, we never found out why.
EDIT: Should also add, none of us really got in trouble, the dean just shook her head and told us to wait for the bell and go to our next class, saying that the teacher "must be on a war-path again."