Yep, some ignorant folks don't get it but here in California, K-12 public school teachers wages range from about 40k-100k plus depending on where you teach, educational level, which subject and how many years of experience...
So if you break that down and factored in less hours and days than a typical 40 hr/week and more work day job, the hourly wages or unit pay is actually pretty good for teachers...i.e ., some are making like 80-90 dollars per hour.