There are more and more articles written about Baby Boomers and rightfully so....check out this article in newsweek by Dr. Gene Cohen who is in charge of the Center on Aging at George Washington University. Ever wonder why individuals take up painting and sculpting, writing, music, etc after retirement. This article tells a lot about the changing brain in middle age. this was very enlightening to me about why I am compelled to write things for free, paint my back yard fence with mural art, etc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10753221/site/newsweek/?GT1=7538
Another great article about boomers and careers can be read at www.workforce.com
The article is titled: "Could Your Best New Hire Be a Recareering Boomer?"
the concept of recareering is very interesting. If retiring teachers only knew how valuable they are to businesses--they have the work ethic, the multi-tasking--all of the things that commerce is seeking. Recareering should be a routine process in the next 10 years with all the retiring teachers that are predicted to leave teaching. Of course, this will be a bad thing for education because of the "brain drain" concept of systems. The worst I believe is for retiring counselors--simply because they know the ISD systems backward and forward because they have to APPLY this information DAILY.....no other position has to have as much knowledge about rules and regs (local, state, national, secondary and post-secondary) when the most knowledgeable retire BEWARE of the snafu's that will be made when advising students--because the NEWBIES do not know this information NOR do they really see a need to know this information. It is a scary time for all!!!
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