Carried interest makes hedge fund managers' income more important than a teacher's or bus driver's. 

Originally posted by @Michael Lowe:@Brett BaginskiWell put Brett, thanks for saying that.These things are all becoming more and more clear.Recently after an argument with my sister-in-law, the teacher, especially.I tried to explain to her that we are poor, she didn’t agree, but couldn’t list a single asset that made her money.

Unless you know that what you want to do requires a degree ( lawyer, nurse, teacher), I dont think a degree is the answer. 

I'm a teacher and HS Basketball coach, and I get paid a stipend for my coaching.

Pace is a great teacher, biggest go giver and he devotes his time and energy to his students.

She is a teacher and thus doesn't make huge money.

Can't get enough of it.I want to thank all of you for becoming my teachers.

So far he is making an extra $1,000 or so a week working less than an hour at MOST lol.Love on people just get to know them the biggest thing I tell people your age (I'm a teacher) is that if you aren't in love with what you are doing, do something else but in the meantime make friends and just help them in some way because that skill will transfer to other things.Hope that helps.  

I’m a middle school teacher from the San Francisco Bay Area.

This is why we get the "teacher bug."