I don't know about all teachers but in Maryland it's definitely a decent paying profession (50K starting out for 10 months). To me this is almost a state school

I don't know about all teachers but in Maryland it's definitely a decent paying profession (50K starting out for 10 months). To me this is almost a state school thing. You can spend like 10k a year on tuition at a great in state school and at least halve some of these outrageous amounts