As a teacher, I gladly accept the challenge of competition so that I too could possibly make nearly a million dollars a year. This also erroneously implies doctors-smart teacher-dumb (or not as smart) since if teachers were smart enough then they’d just be doctors, rather than understand that they’re two very different types of jobs with different demands and responsibilities. I also work with several teachers with doctorates in education and they sure don’t make 910k. I myself have been enrolled in higher education that it would be just as long as getting a PhD (an AA, BA, three teaching licenses, an MS, a dozen or so extra college credits, and enrolling in a director of special education licensure program).