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Originally posted by texas*princess
1. People in different professions do learn new things everyday. And since they are all different professions it isn't the same kind of knowledge. So I'm confused why law is more intellectually stimulating vs. teaching or another profession. 
2. You never said one was better than the other (literally), however you did say that you couldn't believe that teachers were making more than you do since you have a law degree.
3. Chances are there are also a ton of lawyers out there that are probably as smart as doorknobs too. If you never had any teachers of any kind- elementary, high school, college, law school, or even those LSAT prep courses (do they have those?), you wouldn't be a lawyer.
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1) It's not the same kind of knowledge. A teacher isn't learning new things about calculus everyday, or reading. It's a different kind of knowledge to me. I don't view everything you learn in life as the falling in the same category.
2) Being paid more money doesn't necessarily equal better. People can assume all they want, I don't care, but I know what I meant.
3) There are many more barriers to being a lawyer. You have to do well in college. You have to score well enough on the LSAT. You have to get through law school. You have to pass the bar. So while I agree there are many lawyers out there that have the common sense of a doorknob, you have to be of a reasonable intelligence level to be a lawyer.
I never said I hated teachers or that they had no value. But my high school teachers, and I can reasonably deduct which ones are making the $75K, are NOT worth that, especially when there are many thing that they did not prepare me for.