School House Diary: Reflections of a Retired Educator

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DS Earl adds: “Instead, he found someone truly malevolent. We found notes in Ben’s workbook plotting out what he was going to say to Peter as he died: ‘I hated you all along – this is MY house’. I sincerely hope he never said it – but I wouldn’t put it past Ben because he was so manipulative and evil.” Dear Mommy, I really enjoyed being in your class this year. Thank you for being a great math teacher. I really liked doing the ‘Lingo Rap. From, Stacey Lingo P.S. I hope you could read this letter.” The truth, however, was something altogether more sinister. The kind of devious plot that would seem unbelievable even in Midsomer Murders. How can I ever express the many ways you impacted my life and the lives of my children? Both Victoria and Michael had the privelage of calling you teacher, participate in book clubs, and have their identities shaped by what you said and did. Several years later you invited me to Women Writing for a Change. It was a time of great change for me as I left one career to enter another and you unselfishly invited me to share part of your world. I’ve kept them all these years, and I didn’t know what to do with them, I didn’t like to dispose of them and so I thought I’d give it one more try,” he said. “After keeping some for 43 years, I figured it was time to be sure they got delivered.”

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How can we, when we retire and have less constant stress and time pressure, continue to serve the world? It's something that is concerning many teachers in the UK. There are a huge proportion of teachers who wish to retire early from teaching. Early retirement for teachers is a hot topic. When I recently asked teachers for their views on teachers early retirement, I did not expect to receive the volume of response that I did. Hey, I'm Brittany, and not that long ago, I was a teacher just like you. I was burned out, tired, and knew that there had to be more out there - m ... ore than spending the entire day indoors under fluorescent lights. Today I'm a former science teacher turned six-figure freelancer and entrepreneur working from home full-time. I'm an advocate for the hard-working action-takers and difference-makers who call themselves teachers. more I had a 30-year career in the NHS, rising to be a senior health service manager and setting up a stroke unit and spinal clinic. But after Covid, the government wanted me to create as much activity while taking all the money away, and I just ran out of steam.

After 38 years of happy marriage .....with 23 of those years spent on a self-sufficient smallholding....my dear husband Colin was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and died in May 2018. Our 3 grown up children have given me 5 wonderful grandchildren. In 2021 I moved 3 miles from a cottage at the end of a lane to live on the edge of a village in Mid Suffolk.

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When Field needed somewhere to stay to write his thesis, kindly Peter helped out. After many years on his own, he valued the companionship. Many teachers (63%) are worried because they are unsure about how well off they will be in retirement and this is their main concern about this stage of their life. With 42% stating that travel is their biggest dream for retirement, and another 24% wishing for a financially secure retirement, it is clear that consideration should be given now as to how to achieve these goals. The three main questions that teachers had about their pensions were: This is a fictional account of Martial law in no particular town in America. It is an account of how two, completely different neighbors cope with Martial law in their city, and the trials... With everything going on, (new bathroom to be fitted on 27th) I've a hankering to make a scrappy quilt, dare I?/Retiring at 60 is now, for many teachers, 7 or 8 years early. Retiring from teaching at 55 used to be common place, but that is now 12 or 13 years before the normal pension age of many teachers. The last year I taught, I was the librarian. I gave it my all. I facilitated eight book clubs, organized seventeen field trips, found the right line in my bifocals to shelve thousands of books, and nagged my principal, up to the last hour, for an increase in my budget. A coroner’s report stating the cause of death as acute alcohol intoxication was “the first inkling we had that something wasn’t right,” says Andy, 36. “We knew Peter wasn’t an alcoholic. My dh does it as it comes out just after midnight so he watches with interest to see if I do well, worse or better than him! After years of traveling only during winter, spring and summer breaks, you will love the freedom of 52 whole weeks in which to visit new places and old friends.