It makes sense. Why go into teaching for the bad pay and terrible hours when you can go be a doctor or some kind of highly paid professional? Teacher pay in th

It makes sense. Why go into teaching for the bad pay and terrible hours when you can go be a doctor or some kind of highly paid professional? Teacher pay in the US doesn't attract stellar candidates. Further in the comments here people claim that 65k a year for a field that typically requires a bachelors/masters is great, when those are mid career earnings and if you have a modicum of drive or ambition, those earnings are what you could get as an entry level salary at any tech company. Anecdotally, I can't think of many smart, ambitious people that I personally know that went into teaching. My experiences aren't a statistical sample, but its telling that its not a career choice that anyone talks much about aspiring into.