[af_vet_1981]

I don't have to bet my house on it. This is my profession. Are you an educator?

That is correct, all you have to do is own an opinion. You could be wrong. You could be correct. How can you prove it ? There is not enough evidence in the letter. If your opinion were strong enough you could go to extraordinary lengths, even publishing your personals to make your claim to authority the basis of your argument but I would not recommend that at all.

No, I do not call myself an educator although I am called upon to educate others.

[ExSoldier]

Let me give you a hint, since you're pretty new to FR. Folks will take you more seriously if you create an "about" page and tell us a bit about yourself. You registered on May 11th of 2003 (coincidentally, my birthday! LOL) so you've been here less than a year. There are a LOT of "opinions" here. Some I trust...many of those people, although I have never met them face to face, I would trust with my life: Squantos; Travis McGee; Shooter2.5. Because I know more than a little bit about them and in some cases, I personally know people who KNOW the freeper personally and professionally and I trust that person to that extent...well you get the idea. Anybody who is a regular freeper without an "about" page is of absolutely zero consequence when it comes to their opinion. These people I have mentioned in their exhibition of knowedge in the areas where I myself am conversant are experts. I recognize this and defer to their experience and expertise.

No of course I can't "prove" this is a kid or an adult. Can you "prove" there is a GOD? I can't, but I have absolute faith that a dead man got up out of a grave 2004 years ago next Sunday and said that I can too.

My opinion that this was not written by a kid is based on my vaild experience as a teacher for some 15 years (the last seven in an inner city high school). Some pigs are more equal than other pigs if you remember your Orwell. My point is that my experience and therefore my opinion as an educator trumps others if they're experience is in a different area. The opinion of a professional writer is just as valid as mine because they are tangentally connected. BTW, I write for publication as well, and I have a professional literary agent.