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.
How much does an Elementary School Teacher make in the United States? The average salary for an Elementary School Teacher is $46,157 per year in the United States. Salary estimates are based on 42,462 salaries submitted anonymously to Indeed by Elementary School Teacher employees, users, and collected from past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 24 months. The typical tenure for an Elementary School Teacher is 1-3 years.