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.
They earned their lowest salaries, among those listed, in Prescott, Arizona area at $42,410 per year or $20.39 per hour. Elementary school teachers also earned their highest salaries in the Nassau-Suffolk, New York area at $86,440 per year or $41.56 per hour. They earned their lowest salary in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas area at $47,140 annually or $22.66 per hour.