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Michael Allan Charles

Teaching after retirement

1/20/2015

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I had dinner in Bangkok last night with three teachers in their late 60's who are still teaching. I kept asking them why and I think the most satisfying answer I got is that is still gave them a "buzz." I can think of no better way to put it. 

Why do baseball players, for example, who are multi millionaires in this day and age take jobs as coaches well after retirement from playing. The answer is clearly that they want to give back and/or they love the game so much they don't want to ever leave it. What a nice thought that you still want to do what you have been doing long after you finish getting paid for it. That is not to say that you will not be paid for teaching in Asia because you will and you will be able to live well.

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So maybe I am not so crazy after all. In my sixties, having written a novel, traveled the world, and so on, I just took another administration job in Thailand..... Considering what I wrote above, maybe I am not so crazy.

...and having a golf course nearby in in the middle of winter is not a bad perk, wouldn't you say?
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