lbird
Sometimes we don't know we're in a career and loving it until someone else points it out. We can't be posey like someone else and are lucky to be in a profession where we can be "ourselves"

mimi
That gentle self-deprecating sense of humour, the down-to-earth sincerity, the fundamental decency that shines through it all-- Ray Speakman knows who he is. It's part of what makes him such a fine teacher, and even finer friend. Lucky us!