Re:Pay is the issue. (Score 1)

My girlfriend, and a few of my cousins are teachers. And while my girlfriend was in "grad" school to get her credential, my place was the prefer choice for her and her friends to have their study sessions. All of whom I am good friends with and I am also good friends with many of High School teachers. Like your wife, my girlfriend works very hard at her job and put in a lot of hours. But, she also has over twice as much paid holidays as I do, 15 days of personal time off and 5 sick days. And, I know that most of her teacher friends and coworkers are winging it at their jobs. Don't even get me started on primary school teachers picking what subject to teach or not teach base on their personal preferences; math should not be an elective in primary school. As for the average starting salaries for engineers being higher than teachers, I agree with you. My taking a job for way below my market value was a personal choice, a choice to be part of something I wanted and love. But it is also an unfair comparison; most teachers majored in liberal arts and can't be engineers or scientist. From the many teachers I personally know, teaching is probably the highest paying job they can get.