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Date Posted: 08:24:02 04/27/06 Thu
Author: Phillip Payne
Subject: Re: How long is too long to teacher music.
In reply to: Kevin Endres 's message, "How long is too long to teacher music." on 06:34:44 04/22/06 Sat

I agree. I think you should teach until you don't have the urge to do it anymore. If you are thinking about money on the other hand though, after 37 or so years of teaching I hear that you are better off retiring because i guess you actually start to lose money if you continue. This is something that I heard so if I'm wrong I just heard it through the grapevine.

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[> Re: How long is too long to teacher music. -- Dr. O., 08:30:36 05/01/06 Mon [1]

There actually can come a time when you don't make any more money teaching than you would retiring and just staying home. In that case you're actually teaching for free, more or less. I know several teachers who have "retired" when they have put in their time (used to be 30 years, but now it's moving to 35)and then signed on as either a full-time temporary teacher or a long-term sub. Some of them went right back to teaching the same classes they had before retirement. By doing it that way, though, they are getting their retirement pay and then being paid a second time (at a lower rate) for continuing to teach. By double-dipping they're able to make lots of money for those last few years!
Dr. O.

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