robertjerl wrote:
Thanks, once the LA School District sent me to a series of classes where among other things we had a full day on the "Service Sub-Culture". People who go into professions where they serve and protect others. Cops, Medicine, EMTs, Firefighters, Military, Religious groups, Red Cross and others - we were told the largest group in the sub-culture was teachers and how a significant % of the teachers had also been in one or more of the other groups before becoming teachers. Some research group actually got multiple PhDs from a study into the "Service" people and how our sub-culture differed from others and how across the different types of service we shared certain traits.
That got me thinking and looking around and I found it was true, we were different, we did share traits and ways of thinking. And many spent time in more than one of the service groups during their life.
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Well, I can't explain what makes people put other's first (which I agree includes people like your son as well as all the other groups you mentioned), but I'm damned glad they do it ... whether they be teachers or medics, cops or military, or any service profession, I'm grateful for their commitment. Our very existence is better for it. Best to you & thanks for making me think.