Work

Paul Johnson in The Spectator quotes John Ruskin and Bertrand Russell on "Work".
Ruskin asked: "Which of us is to do the hard and dirty work for the rest - and for what pay? Who is to do the pleasant and clean work, and for what pay?"
And Russell had a sort of answer: "Work is of two kinds. First, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter. Second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid. The second is pleasant and highly paid."
This made me wonder which section, first or second, I had come in when I was a teacher.
And this made me recall what Bernard Shaw had said: "Those who can, do; those who can't teach."