Yeah a lot of people would rather teach poor kids but teachers can barely make a living in America. When you live in a country with such high inequality and healthcare dependent on your job you are forced to hustle . Not everyone can study Art History at Columbia and have the connections to get a job as a curator. The conundrum you see is exactly because of that inequality. You very rarely see it among Western Europeans. But hey the US pays the highest and you can live a charmed life if it works out . So I will fall for a manager and corporation’s promises .