In this Jan. 23, 2018 photo, Sue Manson, left, reads the children's book "The Mitteen Tree" for the kids as their first activity after arriving for the after school program for youth living in the Boulevard Townhomes, put on by retired teachers at the housing complex, in Springfield, Ill. Tutoring children isn't how Manson and the group of other retired teachers envisioned their retirement. But spending two hours on Tuesday afternoons, the teachers said, has helped them rediscover why they fell in love with teaching in the first place, helping kids. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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