Frey says it has been difficult to express the difficulty of her work to her friends, who are scattered about in post-graduate education or in the work force.
"When you're a teacher, you have to be on all of the time," she says.
Hard Knock Life
Individual school districts pay each teacher on average $25,000 to $30,000, and many say that salary is enough to live on.
"You're only 24, you don't really need it," Malachuk says.
But others have run into more difficulty with the money issue.
Jory ended up getting caught in New York bureaucracy and had to wait almost three months before getting her first paycheck.
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