Q: What was the state of knowledge in your areas of study when you entered in that field?
A: Well, I first became a teacher. Everything I taught, I had to learn so all of that knowledge already existed. I taught the basics of writing and arithmetic and the things that other children learned in school. I then became a nurse. I also had to learn everything about tending to wounds and all of that other stuff. There wasn’t a lot of medicine and there also weren’t a lot of instruments to work with. I had to use the things I had because there wasn’t proper medicines and cures for things. Basically, everything I knew, I had to learn from others or teach myself to do.
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First starting out in something is very difficult. I too had to learn everything new. I took many classes and saw many ballets. Seeing things makes it much easier. Having to teach yourself new things like that must have been difficult.
ReplyDeleteIn the life of a woman, we oftentimes had to teach ourselves everything we know if we wanted as career outside of the house. I, too, had to teach myself everything about painting (with the assistance of my father) because no art colleges accepted women.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting because I was on bed rest most of the time I perfected my sweing machine!I am very glad there are people like you in the world willing to help other people.You did this with both Teaching and nusring
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