There's more to the story though. In my partner's school district it takes an average of 7 years of supply teaching before you land a full time position. You ar

There's more to the story though. In my partner's school district it takes an average of 7 years of supply teaching before you land a full time position. You are making about half as much and get little benefits during that time. So after schooling that's 13 years of preparation for a 64k job. She also works a lot more than 40 hour weeks and has to deal with some pretty intense stuff.