[Magdalen] Gap year (or more)

[Jay Weigel]

I thought they had changed that, at least in some states.


On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sadly in the states many military professions at the lower levels do not
> translate. One I'm familiar with here is the medics who've come back to TX
> are not qualified for emergency vehicles or given any credit towards an
> entry level nurse associates degree. Sad
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Susan Hutchinson <shutchinsonca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > On 2015-06-05, at 6:45 AM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> >
> > Many employers will take that experience as very
> > valuable, so that's a reasonable alternative to college.
>
> The University of Manitoba takes some military course work as equivalent
> to undergraduate course work as part of the requirements for a bachelor of
> arts or a bachelor of science degree. Other courses can be completed
> online/correspondence while in the service. Of course, these days it is
> hard to get in to the armed forces in Canada and the competition means that
> virtually all officers have already got degrees and recruits will have a
> high school diploma or GED.
>
> Military training in the traditional trades, police work, flying,
> electronics, health care etc in Canada are well-respected and even a 3 year
> stint will give you an advantage in the civilian employment game. Assuming,
> of course, you are not dealing with a raging case of PTSD from serving too
> many tours in a stupid war which makes the PM and his cronies feel good.
>
> blessings
> Susan
>
> The Rev. Susan Hutchinson
> 604-319-7148
> shutchinsonca at gmail.com
>
>