School House Diary: Reflections of a Retired Educator

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I have also been busy Ziffit-ing my books, as car boot sales have been non-existent in our part of Wales. But here’s the thing: There are several students I can barely remember who have died from overdose, violence, or suicide. If you would like to start thinking about your retirement and how well prepared you are to retire when YOU choose, then why not download my free PDF? He then told me about the 'starting out' programme run by LSN – an initiative to help support science and maths teachers, due to 50% from these disciplines leaving the profession in the first three years of teaching.

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Over the past few years I have lost weight following the Slimming World plan and hit my target summer 2020. so far (with a few "phew" scores) I find repeat letters and American spellings (eg honor) the hardest. I remember such fun: International Feasts; field trips to the jail, synagogue, mosque, Jungle Jim’s, WLW; the joy of sharing books and meeting authors; “Lingojections” (a term coined by one of my students for the ditties and dances I created to help them remember math principles); talent shows and plays; Backwards Day and Mismatch Day; gerbil wedding and goldfish with middle names. I sincerely hope he never said it – but I wouldn’t put it past Ben because he was so manipulative and evil. If you chose to copy or follow along with anything that I do or talk about doing, it is assumed that you will do so with care and consideration, and question where necessary any methods or techniques that I use to your own satisfaction and match them to your own circumstances.

I have had many memorable students die in tragic and unexpected ways: electrocution; car and plane accidents; running bases; pernicious anemia. The impact is already evident: greying ex-bankers, news presenters, scientists and former healthcare workers are appearing in school staff rooms – all empty nesters, ‘“unretirees”, those who have been made redundant or who have had a life-changing experience.

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Lancaster has a horrendous one way system and just one wrong turn or getting into the wrong lane and you are circling the town over and over . I want my students to know that even though I cared deeply for them, my brain just can’t hold all their data. I have been teaching for 26 years, 14 of them part-time, but was still shocked to find out just how little my pension was predicted to pay out. But the whole point of doing this one is to use up my stash, so I mustn't start another one, must I?

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I wanted to be involved in something else and use my experience and skills, but I didn't want to do what I'd done before. As he details the antics, humorous incidents, and human tragedy that often unfolded on a daily basis in his classroom, Roberts offers an eye-opening glimpse into the life of a teacher-a life that often includes switching roles from history teacher to surrogate parent to armchair psychologist. With only 5% who know that they can retire at their chosen age, it is clear that teachers haven’t already thought about the answers to these questions. I no longer think that weekends are for catching up, or that vacations are for enriching my curriculum.She's now totally zonked out on her favourite napping spot and the green bandage is firmly back on her leg!