I see you are from Canada. I live in Canada too and in my province (Québec) to teach at a certain level of education, you need at least a degree in the next higher on.

Meaning, if you want to teach in highschool, you need at least a College degree. If you want college ..... yep university degree required.

Also, don`t only look into the whole money thing, look at the benefits package. Teacher in Quebec have a benefit package that no private sector can offer. I don`t know how it is in other provinces tho.

If you can handle the kids in highschool, you`ll probably be able to handle anyone in the private sector lol The others are right, it`s an ungrateful job sometimes but my friend is a teacher in highschool (history) and when you are able to connect with them, he says it can be the most rewarding one too.