i am a retired school teacher.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours. An increasing number of individuals are choosing to put off this point of total retirement, by selecting to exist in the emerging state of Pre-tirement. Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions no longer allow the person to work any longer (by illness or accident) or as a result of legislation concerning their position. In most countries, the idea of retirement is of recent origin, being introduced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Previously, low life expectancy and the absence of pension arrangements meant that most workers continued to work until death. Germany was the first country to introduce retirement, in 1889. Nowadays, most developed countries have systems to provide pensions on retirement in old age, which may be sponsored by employers or the state. In many poorer countries, support for the old is still mainly provided through the family. Today, retirement with a pension is considered a right of the worker in many societies, and hard ideological, social, cultural and political battles have been fought over whether this is a right.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hi, I'm a retired school teacher. Do you have any experience with retirement?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh yeah, I've planned extensively for when I will stop employment entirely!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's good, planning is key to successful retirement. Without proper management of a pension or other resource it is very difficult."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Right.  And there is unfortunately a lot of people that are putting this off, and selecting to continue to exist in pre-retirement!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have heard of this pre-retirement as an emerging state. Before the 19th century people usually worked until death."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah the whole concept of retirement is a recent development.  Only in the late 19th and early 20th centuries has that been introduced."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think it is very unfortunate when medical conditions force people into retirement. Especially if they are unable to receive benefits."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, seems like most developed countries have pensions that are state or employer sponsored, which support people in old age."}, {"role": "user", "content": "In many countries, retirement and a pension is even considered a right of the worker. I like this perspective."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's too bad though that care for the elderly is still taken care of by family in poorer countries though."}]