“Sure, you've got to do some lesson prep and professional development outside of your regular work hours, but what I see is some people pushing for teachers to be considered professionals on level with accountants, programmers, and engineers when talking about compensation...” <— Demeaning.

“I imagine the idea of a teacher being uncompensated for grading some assignments at home in the evening while watching TV sounds kind of cute to the accountant during tax season or the computer programmer up against a new product launch.” <— Demeaning.

“In general, teaching is not a highly-paid job, even if it is a very important one. But on the other hand, it isn't particularly demanding in terms of hours...” <—The bit about not having demanding hours is just completely inaccurate.