>>24539464I teach college students so I can't speak for teaching kids. Have done volunteer work with kids on the autism spectrum though, that was nice.
Teaching college is better if you want less drama because most of the students tend to have a decent head on their shoulders and at least sort of want to be there, you don't have to deal with parents, you can actually fail students who deserve it, and if someone tries to grade grub you with shitty reasoning you can pretty much politely tell them to go fuck themselves and be backed by your institution.
Go on r/teachers if you wanna know what teaching K-12 can be likeNot something you do if you wanna be rich though, you gotta be a full tenured prof to get to six figures and there's at least 100 applicants for every 1 of those positions, all with Ph.D's and likely postdoc work as well. You basically do it because you genuinely love teaching and/or working in academia. If you're basic science you're probably better off having your main job be in industry and then adjuncting a course in your free time
