Too old to be a teacher, too young to be a politician

Pramod Mahajan is no more. He was all of 56 years when he was attacked by his younger brother.Many politicians are dying in their "prime" is a thought which crossed my mind.Immediately i remembered a famous sound byte of pramod mahajan himself; "i was a teacher before entering politics; if i had continued i would be considered old and will be nearing retirement; here i am touted as the 'gen next'!
How ironic!
Made me recollect appa's retirement more than 20 years back. He had been mentally preparing for retirement no doubt, for quite some years.Most people do that, I guess.But then those were the years, amma spent in preparing and acquiring graduation and post graduation through distance education.When he actually retired amma became a qualified post graduate with a B Ed degree also thrown in for good measure.
While appa started enjoying his retirement, amma started going to a nearby school as an assistant headmistress.It was quite charming to see amma getting ready and appa helping her do so.He enjoyed keeping house while amma took up employment in 'Sri chakra elementary school' in anna nagar.
She was quite excited and we used to hear an earful about 'her children'.She has always been passionate about teaching and learning and enjoyed this assignment.
So we had two teachers; one too old to teach in college and another not too old to start a career as a teacher at 51 years of age!