I was born and grew up in Guyana, South America, the only English-speaking country on the continent. I attended Queen's College High School for Boys, the Government Teachers' College, and the University of Guyana. I emigrated to the USA in 1981 and resumed my teaching career in New York City in 1988. I'm Certified both in Guyana and in New York State. In 2003 I retired from the New York City Board of Education after 15 years of teaching in a Special Education School in Brooklyn. While there I wo
