Ed, may the wind be at your back. Make it a good day
-Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ (O) 229-333-5947 /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ On Jul 22, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Pollak, Edward (Retired) wrote: > > > > > > I'm newly retired and loving it! Frankly, I felt myself losing my edge and > new it was time. I've seen too many colleagues go through their later years > blissfully unaware of their declining skills and passions for their > professorial life. I now find that my passion is better and more usefully > directed toward my grandchildren, my health, my avocations of music, and > animals, and various major life projects such as cleaning out 35 years of > accumulated junk, records & other silliness filling our basement & closets. I > also have the pleasure of knowing that I am being replaced by a young scholar > who has more passion and more current knowledge than do I at this point in my > life. I recommend retirement to all who can manage it. It's wonderful!! > > Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. > Professor emeritus > Department of Psychology > West Chester University of Pennsylvania > > Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist & bluegrass > fiddler............... in approximate order of importance > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: lschm...@valdosta.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42440&n=T&l=tips&o=11550 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-11550-13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11551 or send a blank email to leave-11551-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
