My wife works in primary-age education, and is fiendishly smart and academic, with a degree from arguably the best university in the world, again with a tilt towards maths.<p>She could have easily gone and become an actuary, an i-banker, or a management consultant, but she didn&#x27;t, because she wanted to be a teacher. This decision costs us ~$100k a year as a household.<p>Schools are able to hire people like my wife at below her &quot;market&quot; value because you don&#x27;t need to be anywhere near as smart as my wife to be a teacher, and because there are couples like us who can walk away from more money for the improved lifestyle.<p>Why would a responsible organisation pay more?