I heard re-orienting after retirement isn’t always easy. I know people who did extracurricular activities or volunteer work after that. Like music teachers continuing with the orchestra or language teachers teaching refugee kids… Or they’re just happy they’re not part of the daily grind any more. Whatever floats your boat. I wish you can find something that makes you happy. I mean educating people should be appreciated and there is demand for that. Inside of school and aside from school itself.
I have some teacher friends. Maybe I should ask them about AI and their co-workers. And gather some anecdotal evidence myself. I had assumed it’s far from being a majority of teachers who use AI. But that’s just what I got from our conversations.
I heard re-orienting after retirement isn’t always easy.
Way way harder than I thought. A month in I felt guilty about feeling weird. I mean, hey, I get a pension for rest of my life. I’m still young (early 50’s), fit and healthy. This should be awesome! I can shitpost on Lemmy all day!
But ugh, I miss the kids, co-workers, etc. I have an active social life, but it’s not the same as having good solid co-workers going thru the trenches with ya. I have my own business now, so that’s relieved some of the weirdness of not working, so we’ll see.
I would never in a million years thought being retired would feel weird. But yep, it’s strange till ya find your footing.
I heard re-orienting after retirement isn’t always easy. I know people who did extracurricular activities or volunteer work after that. Like music teachers continuing with the orchestra or language teachers teaching refugee kids… Or they’re just happy they’re not part of the daily grind any more. Whatever floats your boat. I wish you can find something that makes you happy. I mean educating people should be appreciated and there is demand for that. Inside of school and aside from school itself.
I have some teacher friends. Maybe I should ask them about AI and their co-workers. And gather some anecdotal evidence myself. I had assumed it’s far from being a majority of teachers who use AI. But that’s just what I got from our conversations.
Way way harder than I thought. A month in I felt guilty about feeling weird. I mean, hey, I get a pension for rest of my life. I’m still young (early 50’s), fit and healthy. This should be awesome! I can shitpost on Lemmy all day!
But ugh, I miss the kids, co-workers, etc. I have an active social life, but it’s not the same as having good solid co-workers going thru the trenches with ya. I have my own business now, so that’s relieved some of the weirdness of not working, so we’ll see.
I would never in a million years thought being retired would feel weird. But yep, it’s strange till ya find your footing.