Teachers have never asked or expected to be called heroes, superheroes, etc. because they know its just empty hyperbole, however, they would love to be treated with respect and like professionals.
On my first flight STS-127 on Shuttle Endeavour, we scrubbed 5 times over the course of a month for technical and weather challenges. All launch commit criteria is developed way ahead of any attempt. This makes the correct scrub/launch decision easier in the heat of the moment.