The thread on scholarships reminded of my friend Manny, down in Brownsville.
Manny was a "minority" kid in South Texas.
He finished high school and went to work as a janitor at a children's hospital. While doing the night-time cleaning, Manny kept his ears open and applied for a ward clerk job.
Working as a clerk, Manny went through the LVN course at the local junior college. While working as an LVN in the neonatal ICU, Manny put himself through University and became a Registered Nurse. Worked on the neonatal ICU as nurse and later "charge nurse".
Manny stayed in college and got his BS in Biology.
With this background, Manny applied for medical school and was accepted at UTMB Galveston. Manny worked nights as a RN while in med school.
After graduation and internship, Doctor Manny went back to the children's hosptial as a Pediatrics resident. Then, Manny did a Neonatology fellowship.
Manny met and married Olga, another Nurse. They both worked.
Manny passed both boards and became the medical director of the neonatal ICU, where he had been a janitor just a few years earlier.
Even later, Manny became medical director of the entire hospital.
He then founded a Neonatology practice covering several hospitals and several cities. Manny is still head of that large prestigious medical group.
Is Manny exceptional ? Of course, he is.
But, this is the AMERICAN WAY !
A person can become whatever he or she is willing to work to become.
At least, that is the way it was, until recently.
Before Obama.......................................
We need our AMERICA back !
leVieux
Manny was a "minority" kid in South Texas.
He finished high school and went to work as a janitor at a children's hospital. While doing the night-time cleaning, Manny kept his ears open and applied for a ward clerk job.
Working as a clerk, Manny went through the LVN course at the local junior college. While working as an LVN in the neonatal ICU, Manny put himself through University and became a Registered Nurse. Worked on the neonatal ICU as nurse and later "charge nurse".
Manny stayed in college and got his BS in Biology.
With this background, Manny applied for medical school and was accepted at UTMB Galveston. Manny worked nights as a RN while in med school.
After graduation and internship, Doctor Manny went back to the children's hosptial as a Pediatrics resident. Then, Manny did a Neonatology fellowship.
Manny met and married Olga, another Nurse. They both worked.
Manny passed both boards and became the medical director of the neonatal ICU, where he had been a janitor just a few years earlier.
Even later, Manny became medical director of the entire hospital.
He then founded a Neonatology practice covering several hospitals and several cities. Manny is still head of that large prestigious medical group.
Is Manny exceptional ? Of course, he is.
But, this is the AMERICAN WAY !
A person can become whatever he or she is willing to work to become.
At least, that is the way it was, until recently.
Before Obama.......................................
We need our AMERICA back !
leVieux
