COLLEAGUES

   As I start many posts, I was a teacher. I've been retired for 28 years. These two colleagues have been retired less than five years.

       I always watched the new  teachers when they came on the staff.  

       So on Wednesday, I had a long lunch with some two former colleagues. I've been retired for 28 years. These two guys taught with me in my last five years. They are both retired so it's interesting to find out what's going on in their retirement. I watched them carefully when they came on staff. I wasn't watching to see if they could teach. I  knew that  they came out and had the latest educational methods. I did this so that I could keep up with the times.

      Mike was a social studies teacher. I never taught social studies. But Mike was an excellent out door Ed. teacher and I got to teach some outdoor Ed. with him. Outdoor ed is a little different as you teach the theory and then take the kids on a field trip to see if they have prepared properly. Some kids were pretty cold as they hadn't prepared properly. We usually had some extra blankets. Then on weekends we sometimes went out back packing trips to check out new areas for field trips.

    Daryl taught science. I had taught science previously so  It was interesting to watch new methods. Daryl also liked back packing so he came along with us.

   So it was a good afternoon talking about old times.