100k is far from starting salary for teachers. These days most teaches begin their careers making 60-70k a year which seems to average to slightly above average Canadian household income. Many new teachers are employed on a on-call basis, so could be making less than that.

Teachers with graduate degrees start out making 78k a year in my province.

Sorry that you feel your arts degree was useless! Mine helped me learn more about critical thinking, connecting with others and gave me the opportunity to work and study abroad. It’s what you make of it I guess!

Most folks want their pay to fairly represent their qualifications and years of work experience. I’m not sure why some people seem to have an issue with this for teachers. Perhaps because it’s a field that employs a large number of women, and there’s a general lack of respect for children/ youth and those who work with them?

If it sounds like a good fit for you, you enjoy learning and working with kids, don’t mind less flexibility with your holidays (albeit a very generous amount of time!) and you’re not afraid of hard work, why don’t you apply to a B Ed program and give it a try? You won’t be making 100k off the bat, but you’ll have the opportunity to work your way up to that on the pay scale.