I am a retired public school teacher, elementary school principal, and district curriculum director. I taught a graduate class at Fordham University entitled, "Issues and Trends in Education." While working it was difficult for me to find the time in order to take the time to do what I truly love to do and that is to write. Much to my wife's chagrin I have spent probably too much time hunched over the keyboard.

Obviously, the topics closest to my professional knowledge base have something to do with children and their education. There does not seem to be any shortage of things to write about for that target group encompassing ages five to eighteen.

One of the strongest influences on me personally was the time I spent in the US Army from 1956 to 1959. The Cold War was heating up, but this was peace time. The Army felt that I had some skills, unknown to me at the time, that suggested I could probably be a good teacher. I became an instructor and when I got out of the Army I decided to go to college to become a teacher.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

I guess I have to say I don't know too much about anything.

My parents always told me ...

Go to school, learn, make us proud. Do not shame the family name.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a singer like Frank Sinatra or maybe Perry Como.

My favorite memory ...

When our daughter was born. A very special day for us.

Why I write ...

I write mainly because you can reread and rewrite before it is read. That is, unlike talking it's a way of taking something back before it is read by someone who may be offended.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The usual; lots of novels mysteries are my favorites/Jeopardy and 24 are my favorite shows and I love listening to oldies and classical music.

My first job ...

Maintenance man in a textile printing plant; swept floors, cleaned the toilets and emptied the trash.

My best moment ...

This is a toss up among several; My first college degree, discharge from the US Army, my wedding day, My first teaching job.

My inspiration ...

Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, ...............etc., etc., etc.

Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Has society become controlled by technology?

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THE FISH IN THE WATER

Society has not become controlled by technology. We have it under control and although it may appear that all the gizmos and electronics have overwhelmed us it simply isn't true. The main difference between a technologically enhanced society and those of the past is that the distance between the creation of an idea in someone's mind and its ultimate concrete application has been startlingly reduced. That is, the space between thought and action is almost instantaneous. The laborious trial and error of invention is reduced to a simple simulation on the computer w...

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