What's next?
There aren't many times in your life you can truly say you've got a blank slate to write the rest of your life on. One of those times is the transition out of grade 12. The other is staring me right in the face - retirement. Lots of teachers just get very tired out over the years (it's an extremely draining job emotionally, intellectually and physically) but I can honestly say I'm not. Of course, as an online teacher the same factors don't come into play. Sooner or later most people have to retire and I didn't want to wait too much longer. My job developing the online program has been fulfilling but not very demanding of late. I didn't really feel like I was ready for retirement (the land of the old and useless I once heard). But I am ready for something different. So, I submitted my letter and started filling the recycling bins with years of lesson ideas, workshop handouts and worksheet masters. Then I started asking "now what?". Just like wh...