Dear professor Bush, Perhaps we should take this to emails, and discuss dismissiveness, dismissing based on one's perceptions, the acceptability of dismissing when dismissed, etc. And, yes, I am also a teacher, so I stand qualified to dismiss us as a breed. Our society lacks value for teachers. Even an ill-informed plumber has greater income. Sam had a few things to say about plumbers as well. Similar to those truisms he offered about attorneys, I might add. So, was he dismissive? You bet! David H Fears Waiting for the illogical fallacy of your enlightening emails