Getting Older = Getting Smarter
An ex-wife of mine once said that all gray hair means to the younger generation is that "you are invisible." With the exception of one or two magnificent mountains of excellence, she's right when you apply that to corporateworld. Younger people in the business world know how to 'run things." Don't think so? Just ask them.
The kids in suits, all three sexes, are scared to death of brains, and that's what it shakes out to be. Oh GOD!! (You're qualified for my JOB) That's the hint to seek another line of work - career - avocation.
At 72, I've had 5 careers since I left Wharton in Philadelphia. It's been a great adventure, and, since then, docent in a B-17 Memorial Museum has been one of the highlights of my life. Hosting the All Saints Episcopal Day School one day, touring 65 6th graders, I gave them the works. I got back a glowing note from the class leader," Thanks for such an exciting and detailed explanation on B-17s and the bomb group. I speak for my entire class when I say that we had a lot of fun/learned interest facts....you remind me of my own grandfather, spirited and kind. I hope you will continue educating children and parents with the same enthusiasm you had when you taught my class."
Wharton taught me a lot, but teaching kids in elementary school was the most rewarding job I've ever had. Money isn't everything. And, at my advanced age, I've discovered it's hardly ANYTHING. My classmate, Wharton 1968, Don Trump, I believe, hasn't yet gotten the message.
No one teaches for money, that's not why people are in the classroom. The tonnage of crap heaped on teachers is onerous and unfair, and, about one third of ex-teachers, when polled, wouldn't go back no matter how much they are paid.
Administration is cowed by parents and lawyers. Me, let em sue. Charter Schools? If the weight of the insanity collapses the public school system, so be it. We'll do the post mortem and point fingers later.
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The kids in suits, all three sexes, are scared to death of brains, and that's what it shakes out to be. Oh GOD!! (You're qualified for my JOB) That's the hint to seek another line of work - career - avocation.
At 72, I've had 5 careers since I left Wharton in Philadelphia. It's been a great adventure, and, since then, docent in a B-17 Memorial Museum has been one of the highlights of my life. Hosting the All Saints Episcopal Day School one day, touring 65 6th graders, I gave them the works. I got back a glowing note from the class leader," Thanks for such an exciting and detailed explanation on B-17s and the bomb group. I speak for my entire class when I say that we had a lot of fun/learned interest facts....you remind me of my own grandfather, spirited and kind. I hope you will continue educating children and parents with the same enthusiasm you had when you taught my class."
Wharton taught me a lot, but teaching kids in elementary school was the most rewarding job I've ever had. Money isn't everything. And, at my advanced age, I've discovered it's hardly ANYTHING. My classmate, Wharton 1968, Don Trump, I believe, hasn't yet gotten the message.
No one teaches for money, that's not why people are in the classroom. The tonnage of crap heaped on teachers is onerous and unfair, and, about one third of ex-teachers, when polled, wouldn't go back no matter how much they are paid.
Administration is cowed by parents and lawyers. Me, let em sue. Charter Schools? If the weight of the insanity collapses the public school system, so be it. We'll do the post mortem and point fingers later.
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