But those good teachers retired for a reason, probably the most common two reasons were they had enough time in (20 years) or they just got tired of the low browed kids they had to teach...."Yo, teach! Wat's up?" Hey, I'm all for retired teachers coming back, just make sure they have the tools necessary to implant the knowledge into the minds of the youth. If they can have an iron fist in the classroom so there won't be any distractions from unredeemable kids, then, sure, bring them back. But if the school administration still insists we treat all our kids with "kid gloves" then why even care? Sometimes kids learn by the threat of a hammer, other learn by being touchy-feely. For me, I always did my best under the gun, and the rainbows and kittens style of teaching was left for the girls.