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Subject: Re: I wouldn't prefer working at my 64!

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 08:25:57 06/06/01

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On June 05, 2001 at 23:39:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 05, 2001 at 11:18:44, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>On June 05, 2001 at 09:05:03, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On June 05, 2001 at 08:47:01, Vincent Vega wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.eng.abdn.ac.uk/~eng300/
>>>>http://www.eng.abdn.ac.uk/staff/PV.hti
>>>>http://www.eng.abdn.ac.uk/academ.hti
>>>
>>>Working at a university at 64 ????
>>>
>>>What kind of inmoral institutes are that?
>>
>>
>> Some people simply like to work others don't...
>> An alternative answer from you, about this man,
>> could also be: "Sorry, looks like I was wrong"...
>>
>> Sune
>
>\
>Hmmm  we have a faculty member that is 70 years old.  Still productive.  Liked
>by students.  Very organized in teaching.
>
>What is this surprise nonsense (surprised someone 64 years old still teaches).
>Those _are_ the people you want teaching, in fact...

Another example is the a US Senator, Strom Thurmond, who is almost 100 (serious)
and actually runs for office out of his own free will? Meaning he isn't dragged
screaming to the urns while the people of his districts sadistically vote for
him. http://www.senate.gov/~thurmond/bio.htm

                                    Albert



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