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Name:	J. D. Vickery
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My mother says I was born a teacher. Apparently, I spent most of my early years sitting on the floor, surrounded by dolls, giving letter and number lessons on an old Fisher-Price chalkboard.

Today, the chalkboard has given way to white boards, pocket charts and learning centers, while the dolls have been replaced by dozens of bright young faces --

15 half-day kindergarten students

and 90 or so elementary ESL students -- in a

small South Korean town

near the DMZ. Granted, the class picture is somewhat dated, but that's because we rarely waste precious minutes standing around and posing for a camera. We'd far rather be engaged in

life and learning .

Outside the classroom, I'm proudly owned by a

50-pound Boxer

and a

5-pound Maltese .

Oh, and in whatever minutes or hours happen to be left in any given week, I'm a volunteer editor participating in Netscape's Open Directory Project (ODP), which is the source of this notice. The official ODP directory may be found at:

http://dmoz.org

I have no ties with any other directory organization or scheme that uses ODP data. Many other directories use ODP data, including editor names. Some of the sleezier ones do so without ODP permission or knowledge. If you see this profile on a site you wouldn't consider viewing in your five-year-old's presence, you can safely assume its one of the aforementioned "sleazier ones."