The ninth-grader got to meet the Governor last week in Columbus, Ohio, at the welfare training center where he works.

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That is what happened after a contractor established a call center in India for New Jersey welfare and food stamp recipients in 2002.

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"Don't worry if you don't have the answers, " says Deborah Tolman, professor of social welfare and psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York.

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And from that perspective, I thank you and hope that you will enjoy the fulfilling experience during your visit of visiting Moneygall, where some of your ancestors contributed to the welfare and the well-being of that little village right in the center of Ireland.

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Carlos Larrain, head of the conservative National Renewal party, said a Bachelet candidacy "will be healthy for the system" by giving voters a choice between the social welfare policies of her previous term and those of Pinera's right-of-center government.

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