Yesterday morning's local paper had an item about the school I taught in here. They had received an award for a special program they had participated in.
This item started numbers running through my head. I taught in the school for 28 years. It was a very good school as the district was supportive of education and most kids came to school with the right attitude. Over the years we had 400 to 550 students. Sometimes we were a very good school and other times not. It depended on stars to align like administration, students, teachers and program.
I had no intention of staying in one school that long. I applied for transfers but didn't get anything nearly as good as what I had. So 28 years rolled by before I knew it.
The next number was 26. That's the number of years I've been retired. My retirement time is almost as long as the time I taught in the school.
The next number is37. That's the number of years I taught.
So the numbers have rolled along very quickly.
I enjoyed my teaching time. Who would have a sad time in retirement. If things go a little faster, my retirement will be as long as my teaching time.
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