A soldier, a chef and a student
Philosophy major hits books after climbing ranks
Kevin Moreau
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: News
"I was used to people thinking for me, basically. It was difficult learning sort of taking initiatives," she said. "I don't think I handle chaos as well, children running around, screaming in the restaurant or whatever."
Later - and for the very same reasons - she had a hard time as a student at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, in Hawaii. The school was not ordered and structured enough for her taste. She dropped it.
Despite these difficulties, Melissa knew she would finally find a career where she could reach self-accomplishment.
"After you are successful in the military, you can do just about anything," she said. "You can get through anything, no matter how uncomfortable it is."
She then became a philosophy and religious studies major at Winthrop, using her military conscientious mind to go deeper into Aristotle, Nietzsche and Kant.
Scholarship brightens her life and satisfies her, but she still misses the military, the friendship she had there and the deep community spirit she enjoyed during her two years of training.
"I miss to be part of something," she said.
Her main regret about her military experience is to not have been able to go through a battle zone.
"It would have been more real for me," she said. "Just one more taste of reality."
Later - and for the very same reasons - she had a hard time as a student at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, in Hawaii. The school was not ordered and structured enough for her taste. She dropped it.
Despite these difficulties, Melissa knew she would finally find a career where she could reach self-accomplishment.
"After you are successful in the military, you can do just about anything," she said. "You can get through anything, no matter how uncomfortable it is."
She then became a philosophy and religious studies major at Winthrop, using her military conscientious mind to go deeper into Aristotle, Nietzsche and Kant.
Scholarship brightens her life and satisfies her, but she still misses the military, the friendship she had there and the deep community spirit she enjoyed during her two years of training.
"I miss to be part of something," she said.
Her main regret about her military experience is to not have been able to go through a battle zone.
"It would have been more real for me," she said. "Just one more taste of reality."
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