I keep hearing from die-hard conservatives that teachers make "exorbitant" salaries with "unbelievable" benefits, and that they are a drain on our society. On t

I keep hearing from die-hard conservatives that teachers make "exorbitant" salaries with "unbelievable" benefits, and that they are a drain on our society. On the other hand, every single peer/friend I know who went into teaching is pretty much lower-middle class.