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.
Illinois teachers make some of the highest Kâ12 educators' salaries in the country, averaging $59,113 a year. According to the Cost of Living Index, that's like $61,834.At $37,166, the starting salaries for teachers there are also some of the highest in the nation.6 Massachusetts. Massachusetts ranks sixth in the country, paying its teachers an average of $73,129. Despite the state's high cost of living, which makes those dollars more like $59,893, the place still ranks well for teacher salaries.