In a message dated 8/9/2006 4:09:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Dear  Professors:
How dare I, a mere graduate in English Lit with only a BA, but  I'll answer
the question  anyway. I assumed from Huck Finn hat his mom  was deceased, or
else why would he be living with the  Widow?
Camy

The next time you think to apologize for your degree,  think about Sam
Clemens, who went to 4 schools in his boyhood days, but dropped  out in
about 1850
at age 14. But what an education the man got! In his old age,  an honorary
degree from Oxford. So, never ever apologize for your level of  formal
education.
In some ways everyone is ignorant.

David H  Fears