Lesson #1

>During my second month of nursing school, our
>professor gave us a pop
>quiz. I
>was a conscientious student and had breezed through
>the questions,
>until I
>read the last one:  "What is the first name of  the
>woman who cleans
>the
>school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen
>the cleaning
>woman
>several times.  She was tall, dark-haired and in her
>50s, but how would
>I
>know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last
>question blank.
>Just
>before class ended, one student asked if the last
>question would count
>toward
>our quiz  grade.
> "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers,
>you will meet
>many
>people. All are significant. They deserve your
>attention and care,
>even if
>all you do is smile and say 'hello'.  "I've never
>forgotten that
>lesson.  I
>also learned her name was Dorothy.
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