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while i agree that teachers should not be teaching solely for the purpose of money, i do think that we should take into consideration the fact that it becomes difficult for a lot of people to opt to teach when they need to support themselves and potentially their families. teaching takes up a lot of time, making it near impossible to get a second job along with it, resulting in qualified people getting paid barely enough to allow them to get by. -- this is what deters people from the job, and we end up losing a lot of potentially dedicated, qualified teachers.