I'm getting sick of hearing about how fucking heroic teachers are and how "under paid they are." Sure they might get 40k a year in parts of the country...but they also have some top notch insurance. Have a union that will negotiate on your behalf to get you the rest of the years pay when you're caught trying to get with one of the kids. Get a bitching retirement plan and if you can manage to teach somewhere for 3 years...you can't get fired.