Jenny, Yes, I do think I'm making a difference. When I take on projects like opposing glamorization of the criminal lifestyle for children, I'm hoping to make more of a difference, because most people I talk to don't seem to think that there are dangers where there obviously are some. You didn't really think that I was saying every black kid is born to be a murderer, did you? I was just comparing that with the story related by steve t. above. As a biology teacher, I can tell you that the mystery of behavior being genetic or learned is no closer to a real answer than it was fifty years ago. It still appears that most behavior is learned, but at an amazingly early age. The character traits that will form the bulk of a person's personality (gentle or cruel, inquiring or uninterested, loving or not) appear to be formed in the first two years of life.

Chet W.