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The idea that we could ever save enough to pay for 30 years of leisure is a relatively recent invention. An entire profession, financial planning, is dedicated to telling people they can, and must, pay for their own retirement. A 401(k) is usually a central part of those plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k) | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

Yet soon enough, appeals to his patriotism convinced Dickerson, and for the past three years, he has taught special-education classes at Denver's East High School. He is just one of the thousands of older, second-career military retirees (the average age at first hire is 44) whom the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Iraq to Class: Turning Troops into Teachers | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

"They are disproportionately male, disproportionately minority and disproportionately teachers of math, science and special education," says Petri, who has regularly sung the program's praises. Those three groups just happen to be the ones most lacking in the teaching profession, and TTT falls at the nexus of former President George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Iraq to Class: Turning Troops into Teachers | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

So MI5 has had its share of characters? So far as I know, MI5 is the first government agency to actually identify a sense of humor as a desirable trait in a recruit. When you look at the world of espionage, it's the only profession in which a fictional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Christopher Andrew on MI5's Secrets | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

I was disappointed in your portrayal of nursing as a profession comparable to that of a fast-food worker. As a registered nurse in an intensive-care unit, I care for critically ill people. Patients and their families place their trust in nurses as clinicians and advocates. Nursing requires intelligent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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