10篇文章帮你搞定4级词汇(6)An Ideal Position_大学英语单词

10篇文章帮你搞定4级词汇(6)An Ideal Position

　　Life is good. My career in elementary education in Canada is now just a fond memory. I think back on many years of service and I recall the many classes I taught, the different schools I worked at, the countless staff meeting I attended and the many of faculty members I worked with over the years called me teacher. Is it any wonder that I can say that I always felt comfortable walking in school corridors?

　　Sometimes I worked with students at the intermediate level. In Canada, students at the level are youth in their preteen years as well as teenagers.

　　When I decided to retire, I knew that the first step in the procedure was to write a letter to my employer, a school board, to resign my position. I postponed mailing the letter. I was reluctant to add the postage to the letter, knowing that once I mailed it, the decision could not be reversed.

　　Because I was a veteran teacher of many years, I would be eligible to receive a pension. I calculated that the revenue I would receive each month would be sufficient to sustain my current lifestyle. If I was smart about my spending habits, I might even have a surplus of money. I certainly would not need to pinch every penny. I knew the money would not come to me in the form of a cheque. Instead, it would be deposited directly into my bank account. I could withdraw cash from my investments if I needed to supplement my income, my credit rating would allow me to be eligible for a loan when some unforeseen financial crisis arose. I knew, therefore, that there was no reason to panic, as my future was secure even if inflation increased or recession occurred. In either case my income would only be minus a few dollars, a fraction of the total amount.