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I am retiring, but only in a certain sense. I plan to still be in contact with students who wish to work with me through seminars and research projects. Maybe, then, it was not necessary to create a special occasion such as this to announce my retirement, and for a long time I wondered whether I should. Lately, it seems that I will be more in the spotlight by being absent than I would by being here, as they say. This ends up being a small act of arrogance, especially when I am faced with the solemnity of my superiors.