I never really thought about this. I guess since we go to college and have a semester of student teaching we should be able to handle it; but it really is a good idea to have someone showing the new teacher the ropes for at least the first year. I mean other places like McDonald's and Wal-Mart have their trainees have a person showing them the ropes for a certain amount of time so why not new teachers. Plus the retired teachers could give life lessons learned over time that the books can't provide. I think this would be a good idea.