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.
Specific academic/vocational teacher education majors working in educational services started at median salaries of $40,400 in February 2012, according to the NACE. Special education majors who managed to land a job in educational services could expect to earn a median salary of $45,900 at the same time. Elementary teacher education majors working in educational services had starting salaries of $38,500.