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[eha]

Does anyone know if there's an age-limit for employment by the Higher Colleges? What's the cut-off point-- or does it depend on?????

[caliph]

They probably won't hire you if you're approaching 60, but there could be exceptions. They'll keep you up to 65 if you're in good health and make it to work everyday. There are exceptions to that as well as good people over 65 with the sheiks permission are working there.

So, as usual in the muddle east there are no hard and fast rules.

[like2answer]

If you will turn 65 in the contract, they don't want to hire you. Once you've been here and then turn 65, it's on a case by case yearly contract. Howard Reed, the director of DWC, I believe, is over 65.

People are hired as new hires at 60.

[eha]

Thanks for the information. I'm, well, marginal. Have to see.

[Gauguin]

I�ve just made inquiries. 60 - 65 seems no problem if HCT require your skills.

A content teacher with a PhD in trigonometry, for example. We�ve two venerable old gentlemen new hires recently joined us who are fast approaching 60. I, myself am a grandparent and my hobbies include morning coughing and whizzing at the top of stairs. There is a medical, chest x-ray, etc to have done prior to acceptance. So the near dead need not apply.

Best not wear slippers and cardigans for the interview and don�t rant on about the war, the price of kippers nowadays and how you used to teach when round here was all fields / desert. Oh yes and try not to nod off during the interview, many do, even the youngsters.

Dr. Reed is over 70, but has been in the system since the beginning. There are some very old buggers teaching the Aviation program at DMC, one 'Badger Barnes' was a Spitfire pilot during the war. So, matey, there hope for you yet, Good Luck

[Afra]

Surely anyone who was a fighter pilot in World War Two must now be in his eighties? Even HCT doesn't have teachers that old.

[dmb]

Gauguin didn't mention which war.(from wikipedia)

[Stephen Jones]

[Alecca]

Let me just add you don't have to be old to be wheezing at the top of the stairs, out of shape can do it to ya too!

[eha]

Well!! And there I was, thinking that I was getting near to 'past it'! This is all very encouraging! Go Badger!
One thing: if there are so many old codgers on the HCT staff, how come it's all so managerialist and whiz-kiddish? (not 'wheeze-kid'). Or is that --like so much else-- just a front?

[younggeorge]

[veiledsentiments]

I suspect that they have a "Department of Facades" with a whole staff.

Thanks YG for the good laugh to go along with my morning tea...

VS

[eha]

I'm told that if you spell it -- and pronounce it-- "fassad", you're speaking Arabic; and it means 'corruption'. Like, the stuff behind the facade.

[veiledsentiments]

Could an Arabic speaker confirm that? It makes it even better!!

VS

[eha]

I was told by an Arabic speaker.