I promised myself I'd retire from education when I got too curmudgeonly. But I ended up retiring at 55 for a different reason, but it was still a good choice for me. Education was a career that I felt you had to be all-in or get out. I loved it while I was in.

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Then things got a little too political. I could have followed my motto: "Just shut your door and teach." But I stuck my neck out instead.

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https://medium.com/@garyjanosz/how-a-little-junior-high-threatened-the-profits-of-a-national-portrait-chain-4e179d76cf75