How did you pay off so much student loan debt?

I am a primary school teacher. I earned $43,000 my first year. It has been 2 years of me paying back student loans and I've paid off $8,000. I'm a bit concerned that I may never pay off my debt. I've 32,000 left. Has anyone else paid off large amounts of student loans and if so how did you do it?<br><br>**TL;DR I have paid off $8,000 of my $40,000 student loans over the last two years and still have $32,000 left. I'm worried that I'll never pay it off at the rate that I am. How did you pay off your student loans?**