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Tag Archives: teaching

Looking Back, Looking Forward
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April 10, 2019 by Jean

Last month, I returned to my former workplace, Gettysburg College, for a weekend of activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary …
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Category: Aging, Gender, Time/Activities | Tags: activism, aging, consciousness raising, Gettysburg College, social change, teaching, visiting the former workplace, work experiences
First and Last Classes
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September 26, 2016 by Jean

I’m chagrined to realize that I’ve let two weeks slide by without posting here. It really is a busy season! …
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Category: Intellectual activity, Time/Activities | Tags: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, intellectual stimulation, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, New England Wild Flower Society, teaching, time utilization, volunteer work
Finding My Volunteer Identity
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August 14, 2016 by Jean

When I was working, I never could find the time to do community work as a volunteer. During one period, …
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Category: Time/Activities | Tags: Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, senior college, teaching, time utilization, volunteer work
Summer Holidays
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July 4, 2016 by Jean

Nothing highlights the differences between the summers of my teaching years and the summers of my retirement years more than …
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Category: Living, Retirement transition, Time/Activities | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, finishing work, garden, retirement, teaching, time utilization
School’s Out!
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May 11, 2014 by Jean

Today, I turned in my last-ever set of final (really final!!) grades. There are many aspects of teaching that I …
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Category: Emotional responses, Retirement transition | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, finishing work, grading, retirement, teaching

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

Please join me as I step into my future.

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