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Why should they retire?

Their “jobs” are what many of us would do in our retirement, given the chance. Could argue they’re already retired in all but name.

Tenured professors? Heck-That’s like having a license to print your OWN money!!

14 posted on 06/30/2015 7:38:05 AM PDT by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)

I haven't been in the classroom since my 1980->1983 time frame at Southwestern College. I left that position when my full time software engineering job made it impossible to devote time to teaching in the evening. I'm still working 50 to 70 hours a week at nearly age 59. I would not mind teaching at Idaho State University when I'm ready to get out of the frenetic world of commercial and DoD software activities. I won't be a "tenured old fart". Not enough time to get there. I'm simply not interested in laying around in retirement. Frankly, I think the economy is going to tank so badly that retirement is never going to happen.