..... After 40+ years in the classroom there are certain rituals that
accompany retirement. One is emptying your office so that the person who's
had an eye on the campus view outside your window can, at long last, move
in; another is the sudden realization that your carefully labeled course
syllabi and class notes no longer matter a fig. The list goes on and on,
with every item making it clear that you are yesterday's news. It's enough
to give a person the willies. ....
Read guest commentator Sanford Pinsker's humorous look at retirement from
academia in its entirety at:
http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-02-01-04.htm
Sincerely,
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Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Editor and Publisher
The Irascible Professor
http://irascibleprofessor.com
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