You might think that a race car driver’s life and an extreme athlete’s life are interesting and exciting, with never a calm moment, where you never know what the next day will bring. Believe it or not, there is another profession where you simply never know what the next moment will bring – teaching.

Yes, you got it right, teaching is the one job in the world that is simply full of unexpected hazards and the kind of surprises that can either make you fall asleep that night with a smile on your face or the kind of surprises that cab make you tear your hair out.

So you might reasonable think that at the time of retirement teachers heave a sigh of relief and keep the books away at last. But that is not true. When they reach retirement, teachers always seem too sad for words.

This is easily explained, actually. Teaching is one of the most challenging of jobs, and also one of the least financially lucrative of jobs, as well. This combination means that if a person decides to become a teacher, it is purely from love of teaching. This is why when they reach retirement; teachers suddenly seem not to know what to do with themselves.

This is also why, once they do reach retirement, teachers have to keep busy. They might expect themselves to be relieved that they can finally take things easy, but that is not true – after years on the edge of the seat, sitting back and doing nothing is simply not something they can do very well! They are always so used to having young people around them that the change of pace can be disgruntling after a couple of weeks.

The only way to tackle this little problem is, of course, to make sure that they keep busy – after retirement, teachers have to make sure that they still play an active role in the lies of the children they taught. This is especially true in the case of kindergarten and primary school teachers. At that age, children idolize their teachers, and will welcome having them in their lives again, even if not as teachers.

If you are a teacher who has just retired, and you have a hobby you have not had the time to pursue for ages – be it gardening, knitting, painting, writing or hang-gliding – this is the perfect time to take it up. If you do not have a hobby already, go back to the time when you were the age of the children you spent years teaching, and you are sure to find one. Teachers were born busy. Not being busy is something they just cannot get used to!

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