The other day, i got to hear about an old (in all senses of the term) teacher of mine. The fellow is currently working in a university established by a minority community. What is unusual? Is that your question? Well, the chap is eighty-ish!
Ah, that brings us to the question, should the old work? In the case mentioned above, the man has been getting a full fat pension. So why the need for money? I find this yucky argument against the old workforce very stupid. It is almost as brainless as the other argument, 'good, the old chappie has something to do'!
Let us today discuss this issue beyond this specific example. Should the old work? YES, surely, and why indeed not? To play a little on a quote from "Devdas", though, of course, rather out of context, 'kaun kambhat paise ke liye ya timepass karne ke liye kam karta hai? Yeh to acche Kam ki nasha hai!" Well, those who work only for the bucks or because they have nothing else to do would do so more during the youth, right? During the young days, you need money more, and if you are not doing anything, you get, to repeat the youth mantra today, 'bored'!
When one is super-annuated, and still works, let me tell you, that is only because one is excellent at that work. The institute recognises one's merit, one's unique abilities, and wants that expertise for its own betterment. It is thus a win-win situation.
If one is in very good health, if one is brilliant at one's job, if one has the edge/age inside, one continuing to work is adding a gloss, a finish of sincere perfection to the assignment. One is anyways genuine. Even when age meant youth, one was genuine, sincere, committed, and so on. This soul coat is not tattered, though the body may show some wear and tear.
When the aged work, all the stakeholders benefit because one is aware of the new, and beware of the old. Through this special woof and weft of the old and the new, every thread of the work is a perfect blend of the best every which way.
The new generation also thus gets kind mentors whom they can help if there are any hiccups technology wise, a kind of reverse training, so to say! As they say, thus we help each other develop and grow.
Oh, that reminds me, initially, very many of my colleagues at the post-graduate level were retired professors! Thus we always had the students' back, so to say. Actually, how old you are, hardly matters. What matters is your wisdom, your sincerity, your depth, and such genuineness mostly the old enjoy, right? So long live and long work the old!
Pratima@ Relatedness and relevance matter more than being merely young. Anyways, age is just a number! It can hardly define you any which way.
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