I am still a teacher and it's a load of cr*p. I've been doing it for eleven years, and so the money's not too bad - 31,000.
A few years back I did my PPL with the hope of going commercial, but in the end, after passing, I realised that I couldn't really afford the 50 grand licence bill, and so stayed on as a teacher.
Good luck to all you out there who made the jump. If I'd have swapped careers in my twenties, then who knows.....
Regards
Flock1