Actually, I have to say that I still got a "kick in the head" (though I wouldn't put it that way) when I went to San Francisco. I learned many things that I had been more or less protected from. That's why I became a hippy.
Ah, San Francisco. That would do it. I didn't include that my HS journey was all about academics to get into the Ivy League to then get into an Ivy League Med school. Mission accomplished. And here's the punch line that reveals what '68 thru '70 did to my head. After all that hustle, I dropped out after one semester when I got a good whiff of what the culture of western medicine was really like from the inside. It repulsed me, drove me into academia and teaching. So the impact of those years was very real -- affecting the rest of my journey.
I went back to school in my 30s to go to medical school because I had lived in West Virginia and whole counties didn't have any medical facilities. I wanted to be a rural doctor and live on a small farm.
When I was in West Virginia in 1972, 80-acre farms were being sold for $200.
Actually, I have to say that I still got a "kick in the head" (though I wouldn't put it that way) when I went to San Francisco. I learned many things that I had been more or less protected from. That's why I became a hippy.
Ah, San Francisco. That would do it. I didn't include that my HS journey was all about academics to get into the Ivy League to then get into an Ivy League Med school. Mission accomplished. And here's the punch line that reveals what '68 thru '70 did to my head. After all that hustle, I dropped out after one semester when I got a good whiff of what the culture of western medicine was really like from the inside. It repulsed me, drove me into academia and teaching. So the impact of those years was very real -- affecting the rest of my journey.
I went back to school in my 30s to go to medical school because I had lived in West Virginia and whole counties didn't have any medical facilities. I wanted to be a rural doctor and live on a small farm.
When I was in West Virginia in 1972, 80-acre farms were being sold for $200.
Is that what you ended up doing?
Gotta go