On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:

Another anecdotal example is in the opening chapters of "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" by Richard Feynman, the late Caltech professor and general bon vivant. He describes how his mother introduced a doctor, a general and a professor with the same respectful tones indicating to him that a career in academia was as highly valued as any other high position in society.

Your lower middle class slip is showing.