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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I would absolutely become a teacher for $70k+/year.[/quote]

PP here.  Your comment makes me wonder who else would enter teaching (primary or secondary) if salaries were higher relative to salaries of other graduates in the workforce, as they are in some other countries.

Business Insider: What Teacher Pay Looks Like In The Rest Of The World
http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-where-teachers-get-paid-more-2013-7

"US high school teachers are paid 72 percent as much as all college graduates in the workforce, while in other OECD countries, that figure is 90 percent (Exhibit 35)."

"Countries with exceptional student achievement treat teaching as a highly selective profession that is accorded tremendous prestige and competitive compensation," wrote the authors. "Only the very best students are admitted into teaching programs in Singapore, Finland, and South Korea, for example, and standards are especially high for elementary school teachers"[/quote]

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