What is old these days? Some people seem really well at 80 and others can barely move at 50. One thing is for certain, I'm not retiring at 68! In my profession, the average age of death for a retiring male is... 63!
Fantastic! Thanks for posting. I did WW2 in O-level (yes I'm THAT old) history, but figures are effectively meaningless. This puts it into such sharp contrast ..... Brilliant.
Thanks, SS ...... I'm 60 and am retiring in under 3 weeks ............ Does that mean I might not get to see Saints in the Champions League?
Lol at student types who voted for the Tories and deserted the Liberal Democrats on the basis of tuition fees. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33103878
Why would any Tory support grants for the disgusting poor? Shame my Green party vote wasn't given the 20 million bonus points I was hoping for
The Tories didn't promise to eliminate fees and treble them, but I take your point. I'm one of those poorer students!
Fleetwood Mac have cancelled their gig in Manchester tonight due to illness. I bet John Giddings and the IoW Festival organisers (and insurers) are having a bit of twitchy bottom tonight too....
Teaching. The stat was given to us when we trained (ten years ago) by the Uni - so I guess there is some truth in it. Anyway, no one wants an old teacher. They can't control classes anymore, don't keep up with modern teaching ideas... and they fall asleep at the desk! Quite enjoyed the job ten years ago - but not a respected profession anymore.
How much airtime would the Eleanor Hawkins nudity story have got if she wasn't pretty, white and middle class? It's a nothing story... No, doesn't need an answer...
You ought to listen to Radio 4's More or Less on the subject - you've been misled. Basically every profession has been fed the same "retire and die" line at some point. If you give it five minutes' thought, you'll realise it simply can't be true. That was on a while ago. However, more recently, they covered the jobs that made people the happiest. You may be surprised to find that teaching was very high in the list. I'm only on here briefly but I'll try to find a link after the weekend. Stay happy; some of us greatly respect teachers. I value education more highly than almost any other aspect of life, so you have my unconditional love and support. Vin
I agree entirely about teachers, they represent hope for the future and should be paid 5 times more than they are. I do know, however, from various friends who have been teachers, just how stressful a job it is. But there is life after teaching: one friend who took early retirement has just finished an art degree, and spends her time making the local area beautiful with installation pieces. Another guy, the former head at my daughter's junior school, is now Station Master at Castle Cary station and looking forward to his busiest week of the year, welcoming the Glasto hordes. So yes, respect for teachers, but they should allowed to retire at 55 if they wish, and live their dreams.
Glad to hear so much support for my teacher "crew"! I think teacher happiness is dropping and entry to the profession seems down. Hard to get good young teachers at the moment, all our teacher "perks" have been stripped or are being stripped, and government keep referring to us as child minders rather than educators. Schools are not there to babysit for you while you earn cash. We are educators. Please stop with the stuff about looking after kids from 8-6!!! I'll stop there. I have so many rants!
Most of us, well at least those who actually attended school will have had teachers who inspired them to greater things. I have vivid and great memories of many teachers. My first teachers at primary school - those that made the transition from being with mum to school so easy (no nursery schools back then), the teacher who took us for our last year at primary school and got 95% of the class through the 11+, my maths teacher at Grammar school who inspired a love of maths which has endured all my life, my English teacher who encouraged us to read a range of books, my economics teacher, who helped me understand business and the world of finance - all of which lead to a varied and successful career as an accountant and businessman. A good teacher will inspire as well as educate - a truly noble profession!
I'm watching a recording of TFI Friday from earlier tonight and it reminded me of this. FLT in particular may enjoy it.
Let me take my mod hat off for a second... F***, that is just a wee bit gorgeous.! Mod hat back on. Never saw that before.
