So math is easy for you and you can communicate well - you're worth a lot of money! Do you go teach? In Finland, yes you might well - they'll pay you and respec

So math is easy for you and you can communicate well - you're worth a lot of money! Do you go teach? In Finland, yes you might well - they'll pay you and respect you to boot. But in the West, they'll starve you and force you to be a part-time cop and social worker in classes that are too large. Bad math teachers? If they knew math inside out and well enough to clearly explain it even to children, they wouldn't be teachers; that would be crazy - saints are rare. So this really boils down to the ancient problem of: "There aren't enough saints!" Well, no... no there aren't, nor will there ever be (future genetic re-engineering aside.) PS - 100 years ago we spent an incredible amount on children's education and health as a society - we forced nearly all women of genius to either teach or become nurses. That represented a ridiculously large subsidy (on the backs of women) for both endeavors that we've never replaced. Certainly not by dollars. So of course there's a problem, now. Outside Finland where they pay teachers very well, of course.