<VV> Retiring and Not

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Grant,
 
Thanks for the "good news, bad news."  I have heard  similar sad tales 
about the state of our declining education system from four  former teachers 
including a family member.  This sad situation permeates  public schools in 
both poor and wealthy neighborhoods though it does vary.   The trend will not 
reverse until the powers-that-be publicly recognize it as a  problem and work 
to resolve it without bending to special interests.   Throwing money at it 
hasn't worked but that seems to be the loudest chant.   Oh well, not likely 
to be turned around any time soon.
 
I am happy that you will stay within the Corvair vendor  list.  I will 
likely have another turbo and carb rebuild job for you in the  near future.
 
Happy semi-retirement.
 
Doc
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In a message dated 6/4/2015 9:06:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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From: Grant Young  <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
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Subject:  <VV> Retiring and Not
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I will be retiring from my "day job" as a  high school math teacher 
tomorrow. It was a 3rd career of sorts (for 12 years)  after
the Army and working in the paper industry for 3 decades. I started  Wolf 
Enterprises on a whim in the early 90's and it has grown beyond my  wildest 
dreams and hopefully will continue to do so as it becomes my only  business 
focus. I have put in more hours each week in it than the teaching  thing for 
about the last 10 years or so, which is probably why I feel and look  older 
than I am. I can't recall my last vacation or free weekend. I briefly  
considered another few years in the classroom, but the audiences have become  
less and less interested in anything that is not on social media and have  
become less and less respectful of teachers and the education process.  Teachers 
are cursed out on a regular basis with minimal or no consequence;  many 
students dress as if they are going to the beach or have a job on the  
"street"; and drug sales and use seem to be at an all time high. Test scores  are 
down and dropping as a result, and most parents are too busy on the own  
"smart" phone to both
er with the trivia of an education. I have a lot of  students who simply 
come to school so mom won't lose her social security  disability check. Just 
as a snap shot, our particular high school has about  50% of the students 
missing an average of one day a week through the 180 day  cycle. About 25-30 of 
those days are wasted in state mandated standardized  testing, so I get to 
"teach" them the other 100 or so days. Many simply fail  their courses and 
make up the grades in a "gimme" alternative program on the  Web or in "Adult 
Education' (night school). But, I digress.

I am  looking forward to being "full time" as a Corvair "vendor"

Grant  Young
The Carbmeister