Yet public school teachers do this all the time. They take low pay and a bad work environment, and keep teaching anyway. Why? Because they are passionate about

Yet public school teachers do this all the time. They take low pay and a bad work environment, and keep teaching anyway. Why? Because they are passionate about teaching. I had several high-school teachers who weren't financially comfortable, yet still chose to spend hundreds or even thousands on their students during a school year. Of course, those teachers would have been much more effective if they were in a financially stable position. I also would have had fewer quality teachers leave.