: About Me

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York, USA. I just enjoy the English Language and endeavour, constantly, to improve in its use. I have been a Television and Radio Host with emphasis on Finance and Economics. I am a former prosecutor and a former Zoning Board of Appeals Commissioner in one of the larger cities in the Northeast.

Within a few months, the first book of my poetry will be published. I have been surprised at the response I have received to the verses I have written. As a consequence, I intend to write more.

Because my earlier training was in the British System, I still am more comfortable using the English approach to spelling, pronunciation, and sentence structure. So please forgive me if, at times, my writing seems odd to you. In due course, you will come to understand it. At least, I hope you will.

My passion is ...

Conversing with children, especially those who are not yet old enough to talk.

I know too much about ...

About the inadequacy of my knowledge

My parents always told me ...

All things work together for good.

My childhood ambition ...

To be influential and respected; to have enough to share.

My favorite memory ...

Discovering the address of a friend I had not seen for years.

Why I write ...

I am fascinated by the use of the English Language.

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

Older manuscripts: Shakespeare, Dickens, Frost, Freud et al; CSPAN,CNN; Classical,Jazz.

My first job ...

A clerk in a Tax Collection Office

My best moment ...

The day I got married

My inspiration ...

Poetry by the great masters.

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This question, Should teachers be held accountable for low student test scores? is being debated constantly.This debate has been brought to the fore, even moreso, by the ongoing Presidential Campaign. Each candidate is trying to placate his constituency by deferring to the teachers' unions and by establishing his position on the No Child Left Behind Act. This Act passed by The Congress of The United States, essentially to assist in the improvement in the academic performance of students in all the States, has been controversial ever since its implementation, and continues to be so at this ...

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