Those fools who just rely on teaching money and can't even afford to buy a plane ticket home and do a runner.

They are the real losers!

It's all to do with backbone, SB. We are all tempted to run away from a bad situation, but it takes character to resist the urge. Unless you see your contract through you run the character-undermining risk. Anyway, not many of us do get together that little nest egg. You were probably gifted money-wise but most of us are not.