A Teacher Retires
SOMETIMES, retirement, like greatness, is thrust upon us; but, in the teaching profession, at any rate, there is a short optional period in which one can either carry on with the good-or bad-work, or without sacrificing one’s pension, decide there and then to cut the painter, take the plunge, burn one’s boats, or cross the Rubicon. The metaphor is a matter of choice. The plain fact remains that, however unimportant it may seem to an unsympathetic world, we have to make what is for us a4 tremendous decision. So in my éase, after 20 years of secondary teaching, begun rather late, I decided to retire while the choice was still open. Like Charles Lamb at the evening party, I made up for coming late by — leaving early . .... There is one way to break the shock of the change. Put between the two existences, if you can, a year of travel-something that is entirely different from the ordinary’ routine of life. This is the perfect solution. The change begins as the usual school holiday, and extends imperceptibly into a new way of life. Return to the tyranny of bells and lists and time-tables is unthink-able.-("A Schoolmarm Looks Back: (1) Retirement." Miss Cecil Hull, 2Y A, November 15).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 127, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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209A Teacher Retires New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 127, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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