RETIREMENT STATISTICS & FACTS
Twenty years ago, Americans typically retired as young as this age.
What is age 62?
Poverty, parenting, entitlement, and lack of respect for authority.
What are problems of society that affect teaching?
This wild canine howls and has a coat that is often gray.
Often connected to person's identity, this might be hard for the retiree to give up once they retire.
An expense retirees say they spend more money on than they expected.
What is healthcare?
What are benefits of teaching?
The visible grayish vapor produced from combustion.
What is smoke?
A prank Melanie played on a room of honors students that inspired them to pull the same prank on the absent student the next day when he showed up.
What is a fart machine?
The best way for a retiree to travel by.
Instead of dropping out of the workforce entirely, some people choose to do this.
What is semi-retirement?
Long hours, grading, preparing lessons.
What are challenges of teaching?
A marsupial with a thick, soft gray fur, native to Australia.
What is a koala?
One of Melanie's favorite novels to teach.
What is Jane Eyre, The Pigman, The Outsiders, Deathwatch, or The Book Thief?
A hobby that gets more enjoyable with age.
What is gardening?
Fifty-nine percent of retirees are dependent upon this as a major source of income.
What is Social Security?
What is artificial intelligence?
This garden plant is often used in borders.
What is Dusty Miller?
One of Melanie's biggest career regrets.
What is accepting a job in Granite District?
An activity often associated with retired people.
What is travel?
People age 65 and over spend a lot of time doing this in retirement.
What is watching TV?
This is often considered a non-productive use of time for teachers.
What are parent-teacher conferences?
A precious metal used in catalytic converters and jewelry making.
What is platinum?
A student who used to repeatedly pull pranks on Mrs. Stokes and had the entire class in on them, sometimes making the entire class disappear when she left the room.
Who is Michael Phelps?
A place you go where people often seem to be in a hurry.