Many years ago a teacher was asking the kids in her fourth grade class to name the person whom they considered the greatest human being alive in the world today and the responses were quick in forthcoming and also quite varied too. A little boy spoke up and said, "I think it's Tiger Woods.  He’s the greatest golfer in the world, ever" A little girl said, "I think it's the Pope because he cares for people and doesn't get paid for it at all."

Another little girl said, "I think it's President Bush because he's the President of the United States and the United States is the greatest country in the world." And yet another little boy said, "I think it's my mom because she takes care of me and my brother." Over and over again, kids cited one celebrity after another and another. But then it was l…