It is tough for private sector non educators to understand, but no amount of money is too much for any type of grade school teacher. It is a very difficult job that consumes our lives 24/7/365. Again, it is nearly impossible to describe, but use the philosophy of football players "being paid to play 60 minutes on Sunday" and apply it to a teacher who "work 8-3 and gets July and August off". Grossly underpaid, says this teacher in NC who makes significantly less than 92k/year.