The pressure to publish research papers can be both stressful and incredibly time-consuming, and therefore not recommended for those that are not wholly interested in the subject they're teaching. Other than this, university teaching comes with many pros, including teaching those from a wide range of backgrounds and, better still, having students that are genuinely engaged in the subject they're learning (providing you're teaching at a universities with strict entry requirements to prevent those that are disinterested from seeping through and ruining the experience). Similarly, university students are vastly more mature than those younger in years, which means you can communicate as adult-to-adult, which may be beneficial if you'd rather not 'dumb down' for those of lesser understanding. Ultimately, if your heart isn't completely in your subject of choice and you aren't enthused to do your own research into specific areas of your subject, you should completely avoid teaching at a university as it's something you just can't avoid.
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