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.
It is nice you were able to meet up with your colleagues. Take care, have a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt you were an excellent teacher. The best teachers are always those who continue to learn.
ReplyDeleteI always liked working with new teachers, as I learnt from them.
ReplyDeleteOutdoor Ed seems like a good subject for today's you to learn more about.
ReplyDeleteSome teachers who I considered to be young before I retired are now retired.
ReplyDeleteHow nice that you watched over the new teachers, Red. I'm sure they learned from you as much as you learned from them. It's obvious you had an influence on each other as you are still meeting up after all these years.
ReplyDeleteThere must be openings now where you could substitute teach!? Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteIt must have been nice to catch up with old friends.
ReplyDeleteI think you'd describe a lot of the teaching I did as outdoor ed.
ReplyDeleteAh, a nice long Saturday lunch with old friends. That sounds fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI like that you watched young teachers so you could keep up with new methods. It's so much easier to stay fresh by hanging out with younger people than through professional development courses.
ReplyDeleteOld friends are special, glad you met up and enjoyed some time together.
ReplyDeleteNice that you could meet up with old co workers:)
ReplyDeleteIt's so wonderful that you could have this get-together with teacher colleagues. We have a small teacher text group with 7 other teachers. We keep in touch almost every other day. I hope you get to hang out with them again.
ReplyDeleteI see how hubby is happy to spend time with his colleagues specially who retired with him.they meet on weekly basis and visit their office together.
ReplyDeleteI feel happy you got chance to be with your colleagues dear Red .it must be refreshing to talk about older days
That's so nice you keep in touch and meet up. I am going to assume that Mike was with you when you took the kids on biking trips on the mountain roads that you mentioned in comments on some of my blog posts.
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