[Dixielandjazz] Fw: [TPIN] Article about Jan Nichols

[Bob Romans]

Hi all...this came off the TPIN...way to go, Jan!!!!
Bob Romans
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen and Ruth Speck" <grspeck at mchsi.com>
To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:38 PM
Subject: [TPIN] Article about Jan Nichols


> I know that some on this list (TPIN) know Hemet CA trumpeter Jan Nichols.
Today's
> Riverside CA paper has a wonderful feature article about Jan.  It was
about
> seniors who give up high paying jobs to go into teaching.  In Jan's case,
at
> 55 yrs he left a job in the insurance industry that he had grown bored
with,
> paying well over $200,000 to teach middle school music for much less money
I
> am sure.  (Perhaps some of you middle school music teachers would have
just
> liked to trade jobs with him (;-))  He has wanted to get back into music
and
> apparently loves the job.  The article quotes him as saying "I'm planning
on
> teaching until I drop."  "I finally got the dream job of a lifetime.  Why
in
> the world would I ever want to stop?"  BTW when I started my come back,
Jan
> was my first teacher.
>
>
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