Ice Floes

This week I learned that I am too old to teach English as a second language in a foreign country.  All along I've been led to believe that in many countries elders are respected. Apparently that is not quite true...According to a company that trains and helps place people wishing to teach overseas, there is a "mandatory retirement age" over which no one is allowed to work.  I find this appalling on so many levels. I've got the brains, the experience and, God knows, I've got the time. A foreign-based adventure would be a great final re-invention.  Alas, this is not to be.  I now wonder if there are some areas of the world where elders are still placed on a ice floe and sent to their eventual demise.  Heck - with global warming a person could expect to drown in hours.  Don't order my ice floe just yet.....