One of the reasons which made me decide to retire from full-time teaching in a secondary school was the amount of paperwork which was being piled on us - and that was in 1995. I also did adult education tutoring, but there was little paperwork involved in that then. Apart from becoming out of touch with teenagers, it was just one more regulation and piece of paperwork being piled on top of what had already gone on before that persuaded me that I was getting too old mentally to cope with any more changes. I thought it more important to keep up with developments in the subject I was teaching than spend the time sorting out that latest pece of administrative paperwork. It got to the point that so many teachers were taking early retirement that the procedure for taking pensions at 50+ was stopped - fortunately after I'd got mine.
Before that I never understood why teachers retired early saying "I've had enough." I can now, and it would be such a shame if adult tutors were lost for the same reason. I had intended to do adult tutoring after retirement, but I could see the way it was going. A certain amount of paperwork is necessary for academic qualifications, but the lacemakers in the class I attend just want to make lace at their own pace and for their own enjoyment. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
