[Magdalen] US Higher Education

[Jay Weigel]

At one time I worked with two former Army nurses who could not have been
more different. One was from an Army family and was pretty much what you
would think an Army nurse would be like....on the outside. But she was a
real softie and one of the most compassionate people you can imagine once
you got past that exterior. She is now an Episcopal deacon. The other could
have been named "least likely to be an Army nurse".....pretty, quiet,
soft-spoken, mild-mannered....but she had nerves of steel and nothing
*ever* made her sick. She also had a totally wicked sense of humor that
popped out at the oddest times. Which just goes to show that you never can
tell, I guess.

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:12 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of my first gfs came from an impoverished rural background in
> New Hampshire. She joined the army to be a nurse. Two courses
> short, she was caught in a bed check and dishonorably discharged.
>
> One of my first bosses was orphaned in her teens. She took a job
> as a live-in nanny. She didn't care for the work and one day, taking
> her charges to the pediatrician, she read an ad in a magazine: join
> the army and be a nurse. She signed right up and ended up serving
> in the Pacific theatre (WW2).
> -M
>
> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ISTM that one way the government could do a lot for both the VA and young
> > MDs with debt would be to forgive a percentage of it in return for the
> > doctors signing on to the VA for a specified amount of time, say, forgive
> > 25-30% or so for 7 years and more for a longer period. Maybe 50% for 15
> > years. They could consider the same for nurses.
> >
> >
>