After a successful 13-year teaching career , Miss DeRegnaucourt plans to quit . She makes about $ 100 per year -- too little to cover expenses , she says . After 13 years of teaching high-level math , she has a tested stable of learning methods that helped all her students pass the AP calculus exam . Nationally , attracting the best students to teaching is hard because of low pay . She plans to pursue nursing , which is likely to pay $ 100 more per year .
After a successful 13-year teaching career , Miss DeRegnaucourt plans to quit . She makes about $ 100 per year -- too little to cover expenses , she says . Nationally , attracting the best students to teaching is hard because of low pay . She plans to pursue nursing , which is likely to pay $ 100 more per year .