Slow speech is usually regarded as less than 110 wpm, or words per minute. Conversational speech generally falls between 120 wpm at the slow end, to 160 - 200 wpm in the fast range. People who read books for radio or podcasts are often asked to speak at 150-160 wpm.
Although a college degree is required for many teaching in early education, it's not unusual for a teacher to get about $11.75 an hour or $24,440 for the year. That salary puts a family of three or more below the federal poverty line. The state minimum wage now stands at $9 an hour and will rise to $10 in 2016.
Special education preschool teachers earn considerably more, with a $58,210 mean annual wage. However, they start at about $33,400 an earn up to $91,280 with experience. The 2,027,280 elementary school teachers in the U.S earn $57,730 per year on average. With experience and involvement, they can go beyond $85,550 per year. However, a teacher in his or her first years of practice can earn less than $36,190 per year. Similar to special ed preschool teachers, elementary teachers who educate children with special needs earn $58,640 on average.