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I copied this from the commentary section, it's great, here's the link. Ross Kentner has some interesting thoughts. http://www.radioowensound.com/commentary.php?start=1 Commentary can be heard on 560 CFOS Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:08 am and 5:08 pm Ross Kentner Commentary for Thursday, January 10th 2008: Here’s one of those stories being passed around cyberspace that struck a chord with me. A woman goes into the Motor Registration Office to renew her driver’s licence and is asked to state her occupation. "Do you have a job or are you just a …?" "Of course I have a job," she replied, "I’m a Mom." The putdown came back, "Mom isn’t an occupation, you’re a housewife." She had forgotten the incident when the same situation arose at a medical centre. An over zealous clerk demanded, "What’s your occupation?" Our heroine is quoted, "I don’t know what made me say it. The words simply popped out." I’m a research associate in the field of child development and human relations. Her pen frozen in mid-air, the clerk looked up as if she had not heard right. "I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written in bold, black ink on the form." "Might I ask," inquired the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?" "Coolly, without a trace of flutter in my voice, I heard myself reply," I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t) in the laboratory and in the field. (Normally I would have said indoors and out.) I’m working for my Masters, (first the Lord and then the whole family). I have four credits (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother disagree?) and I often put in 14 hours a day. It’s more challenging than most careers but the satisfaction is what’s important, not just the money. The clerk had become most respectful and stood up to usher me to the door when we were finished. As I turned into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants, ages 13, 7 and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experiment in the child development program, our six months old, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt I had scored one on bureaucracy…one for Moms everywhere. Keep that in mind all you Research Associates in Child Development and Human Relations! Commentary can be heard on 560 CFOS Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:08 am and 5:08 pm