My dear Bi-Cultural friend,

After all these years of teaching I'm surprised that you still don't know the difference between a professional and a profession.

May I yada some more here and make it clear?

All professions deal with helping people. Such as, lawyer, doctor, teacher, social worker, etc. They require professional licensing.

All professions have a code of ethics to follow, such as lawyer, doctor, teacher, social worker etc.

Ethics are written by those who serve in the highest positions of universities, such as PhD & Masters research students etc.

A professional singer or race car driver does not belong to any Professional organization that writes ethics on playing music.

Neither does the race car driver.

A professional office worker, salesman, engineer, or basketball star - He's just an expert at what he does, and what he does has nothing to do with life or death situations - Unless of course he's a member of the front band of a rolling-stones concert at a Hells Angels Rally. Then he might be called on to calm the situation down by singing lullabies when a fans get killed.

The only excepting is being a CPA - CPA's have a code of ethics and professional Journal, and they are supposed to be professional - And they are a helping profession who require higher education and licensing. Yea, good luck finding an ethical accountant here. And if you're looking for one - Buy some little green gift envelopes.

Yada! Yada! Yada!