Mark Ross:
CLASS OF 1969
Crow High SchoolClass of 1969
Eugene, OR
University of Washington - PsychologyClass of 1998
Seattle, WA
North Seattle Community CollegeClass of 1995
Seattle, WA
Mark's Story
Life
I moved to Seattle in 1991 and eventually went back to school in pursuit of a new career direction in 1994. Working part time I graduated from the University of Washington in 1998 with a degree in psychology including a year of advanced studies. In 1998 I began working as a Mental Health Specialist working with people experiencing acute psychotic events. After hospitals, I worked in residential settings with the chronic/persisently mentally ill. Now I work as a case manager at a satelite service site in adult intensive outpatient care. I am currently pursuing my Master of Counseling Psychology degree while working full time. Well....that's my brief update...for now
Military
Viet Nam Vet. In country. Up the rivers. Navy. Percussion granades for swimmers in the water thrown ....well, you wouldn't believe how many per day if I told you. Tracers in the night fire. Napam in the
distance. Water snakes. Beautiful evening skies. Seven months without seeing females. Being where we aren't supposed to be.
Imagine the rest on your own. We...Expand for more
were just kids with the power
of life and death. Shameful. War is unhealthy for children and
other living things. We servered our country and received rejection
in return. How do you think we should have turned out when we
came home. I was honorably discharged.
I got lost. I was lost. There is so much I don't remember. It wasn't a fun ride for many years. Trials and errors, and trials.
Woke up this mornin. Things were looking bad. Seem like total
silence was the only friend I had. A bowl of oatmeal tried to
stare me down....and won....it was 12 O'Clock before I realized
I was having no fun. Aw..but fortunately I had the key to
escape reality. And you could see me in the morning, with and
illegal smile. It didn't cost very much, but it last a long while.
But please tell me man, I didn't kill anyone. I was just trying
to have me some fun..........Through all these years the only ones
who have stayed with me are my mom and my sister and another
person, or so it seems. But I made my bed. So I sleep in it.
I'm just a human.
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