To you, Vancouver Mike I make a few finer points of current fact:

* The "Director of Studies" title you like to use hasn't been a functioning title at Walton school for some time. Again, VM, you are passe' and out of date.

*As to the union in which I was a national official, I was a regional vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE);

*I was responsible for operations in six states of the AFGE National Council of EEOC Locals. The EEOC is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the U.S. Government;

*EEOC personnel are trained, professional investigators who investigate charges of discrimination in employment ledged by employees who work in either the public or the private sector in the USA;

*Thus, the union to which I refer is an organization of professional employees who range in standing in the Official U.S. Government Pay Schedule from that of being a GS-7 to the highest GS ranking of GS14. At EEOC I was a GS-11, which is a high professional ranking. (I retired from the U.S. Government, Federal Communications Commisiion, the Equal Employment Branch, at GS-12.)

Further, in response to your reckless and irresponsible question: "...how does a blue collar worker suddenly become a skilled, experienced teacher?", I offer the following facts:

*I began teaching while an undergraduate in 1966 in the U.S. Government's compensatory education program "Project Upward Bound." I've taught at university and secondary levels in the USA, Korea, Thailand and presently hold the certificate of a "Foreign Expert in Culture and Education" issued by the PRC Government (the requsite 'Z' Visa).

*I have a Graduate level Educator Certificate from the USA; a Master degree and a Bachelor degreee from accredited universities there. I have 13 years experience in East Asia teaching ESL or TEOFL.

*I opened my own small English language school in the south of Thailand. I later sold it at a tidy gain.

I am current and up to date in respect to the terms and conditions of employment of foreign teachers and of the Chinese teacher's assistants at Walton school. The fact is you are not.

Clearly, your grudge doesn't allow you to recognize the substance of my posts regarding Walton school. Nor does it allow that you recognize the significance of my posts.

Indeed, you're now trying to get at Walton school by attempting to expand your bent focus on me, myself, and on my own quality of professional experience and my excellent academic credentials. Clearly, discussing Walton school with you is not a useful exercise or experience.

Whatever it may be with you, try to get over it. Each of us has to and does at one time or another.

Cheers and good luck.