A few desert animals, such as the Round-tailed Ground Squirrel, a diurnal mammal, enter a state of estivation when the days become too hot and the vegetation too dry. They sleep away the hottest part of the summer.
The average starting salary for a Georgia certified teacher is $38,925. According to the Georgia Department of Education, the average teacher salary for all levels of experience is $53,164. However, these figures are not guarantees of actual salaries for students pursuing teaching certification in Georgia.
#9 Georgia. Georgia teachers make an average of $52,880 annually. If you take into account the state's cost of living, those dollars are more like $56,921. Despite those nice numbers, recently studies have tracked a sharp decrease in public school teachers in many districts.