> In order to become a teacher you need a Master's degree This is not true in at least some (I suspect 'many') US states. Pennsylvania for instance requires a

> In order to become a teacher you need a Master's degree This is not true in at least some (I suspect 'many') US states. Pennsylvania for instance requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_certification/8635/certification_requirements/506743 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_... A Masters degree provides a much-needed salary bump though; a new teacher in Philadelphia with only a Bachelor's can expect to earn a whooping $45k/yr. If you are living in Philadelphia (or worse, paying for a car and insurance to commute into Philadelphia...) and just got done paying for four/five years of school, 45k/yr is not exactly pleasant. That isn't how we treat members of society that we respect.