I hope to help start an FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) chapter either this year or next year.

I have a willingness to put in as much time as is necessary for my students. I hope my students will think of me as someone they can come to if they have problems and I hope they'll enjoy their time in my classes.

Last year the Swiss business leaders we asked placed the country 56th overall on a world scale and it actually dropped to 79th this year. There was a tangible higher sense of pessimism.

The policymakers and political leaders in Memphis and Shelby County cannot accept a business-as-usual mentality if they hope to rescue the sinking ship that is the Memphis-area business climate.

We still hope that we can continue our business in the Middle East. But in the near future we are afraid the boycott will still be in effect, so we urge the parties who hold the key to the solution to embark on a dialogue to resolve this very unfortunate conflict.

Honestly, this bill could help protect people in the future and keep tomorrow's abusers from abusing people, because they get this abuse early in their career.