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Title: Taking a big step.... Post by arteacher on 05/22/15 at 03:14:01 and retiring at the end of the month after 25 years of full time and substitute teaching. I will greatly miss all the kids, and the administration can kiss my arse. ;) |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by prechermike on 05/22/15 at 03:42:42 good for you! |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Dave on 05/22/15 at 03:46:24 Congratulations! I just attended the school board meeting last night....where they acknowledged the teachers that are retiring -and my wife is one of them. She has been teaching for 39 years and feels exactly the same way you do about the kids.....and administration. The new rules, testing, guidelines, etc. have stifled her teaching abilities and resulted in a poorer education for them, and more work for her. They better do something.....I can't see any current teacher recommending to the younger generation that being a teacher is a good career choice. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by arteacher on 05/22/15 at 04:41:15 I can see in the not too distant future where a teacher has a class of 40-50 students and his/her primary task is to keep the students working on the lessons programmed into their tablets. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/22/15 at 05:37:05 Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Charlotte Izerbyt Number two, dept. of education, Washington, D.C. REmember New Math? Ohh, problems in education, we Must do something. Ooops, that didn't help, Well, if you were tuning an engine and changed something and it got worse, you would change it BACK.. But they just kept changing things. Really? Accident? How naive are you? |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Arnold on 05/22/15 at 06:36:43 Nothing is invested in education, because they only need our kids to be smart enough to fill out their tax returns. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Dave on 05/22/15 at 06:45:57 697C6764646D7C6D7A080 wrote:
Oh My.....I am not smart enough to fill out my tax return. :( |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Arnold on 05/22/15 at 07:00:40 Or you're smart enough to get away not filling one :) |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Todd James on 05/22/15 at 07:10:55 arteacher: I hope that you were able to retire based on your own plans and timetable rather than problems with the administration You deserve it after devoting 25 years of service to our children. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Paladin. on 05/22/15 at 07:51:20 7D76767F737C7D6766120 wrote:
I greatly miss my clients, and their misbehaving voice and/or data circuits and/or equipment. I would have been still on the job IF the miscalled administration would have just pointed me to the problems and let me fix things. Whatever. The world turns. Retirement is not a long vacation. It feels totally different. You will miss the kids, but you will also enjoy the freedom of being unchained from the clock and calendar. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Trippah on 05/23/15 at 19:30:31 Congrats and hope you enjoy retirement. Hobbies are good, so I'm told. :D |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Paladin. on 05/23/15 at 22:03:38 11372C3535242D450 wrote:
Since retired I have the time to cook. My website (http://www.andruschak.net/cooking/) is mainly so I can look and say "oh, we haven't had that for a while." Stew is 4 hours actual cooking time, but on the other hand pizza is simply click on the Internet and it is delivered. Some of the foods are remembered of my father's cooking. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by Tomi on 05/24/15 at 04:26:50 162D2037262A31372C242936450 wrote:
===================================== My best friend is the woman who was my eighth grade art and homeroom teacher. Her husband was also an educator (they are both now retired). They made me promise not to be a teacher. Congrats to arteacher and to Mrs. Dave on your escape! * |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by raydawg on 05/24/15 at 07:29:55 Retiring,, HA, ain't no such animal..... All you're doing is rearranging your schedule. Once a teacher, always a teacher. However, now you get to choose your curriculum ;D Good on you, enjoy life at your own pace now, congrats...... |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by jcstokes on 05/24/15 at 19:22:53 Be aware of what Raydawg says, I know of two teachers who retired, one went relieving voluntarily, he likes the money, another seemed to get dragged back into it as there wasn't anyone to replace him. I drove buses and got out nearly three years before I got a pension, I never missed school children, or the weird hours or the low pay. I would only seek paid employment if economic circumstances really conspired against me. |
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Title: Re: Taking a big step.... Post by govnor on 05/25/15 at 19:45:54 Good for you! I also concur on administration. My mom retired a few years back, loved the kids, but said so much had changed she couldn't teach anymore. I know a very nice lady who is a friend that quit after teaching for about 20 years. She said she just couldn't handle all of the current testing BS and such. She became a realtor. |
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