>From: William Doherty <doherty@meol.mass.edu>
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 20:25:46 -0400 (EDT)

I have taught g.s. for 25 years [...]

Bill Doherty-- I have been a high school English teacher in Weymouth, Ma for 
the last 29 years. I am also a commerial lobsterman.  I am married to 
Dorothy and our daughter, Elizabeth, is entering her senior year at some
overpriced college in Cambridge, Ma.  
My connection to g.s. started with a 5 week summer course in 1965 at 
Notheastern University.  Some of it stuck because when the first wave of 
curriculum reform hit the high schools in 1970, I decided to write a 
semester elective called Introduction to Semantics. The first year I 
stayed a day ahead of the kids.  They graduated but I didn't.  I remained 
and learned more. The course has withstood "back to basics" and other 
reforms and remains popular. More than 5000 students (including Elizabeth) 
have been exposed to my interpretation of g.s. Next year I have 6 sections 
and Dorothy has 2. She started teaching the course 4 years ago. 28 years 
of marriage will do that to you.