Shortly after retiring from my first career I decided to embark on a second one in education. While this didn't last very long because I grew disenchanted with the utter fools in administration, the brief time I was teaching unveiled a side, or maybe it could be called a "perk", of teaching I'd been unaware of. I completed my degree and enrolled in a credentialing program. Part of that program required that I spend a period of time in the classroom with an already fully credentialed teacher. In my case this partnered me with Betty. Starting a second career meant I was considerably older, by 25 years or so, of other prospective teachers. This meant I was closer in age to long established teachers than I was to newer ones. Betty as one...