Paul St Jean:
CLASS OF 1978
Cumberland High SchoolClass of 1978
Cumberland, RI
Rhode Island Junior CollegeClass of 1982
Lincoln, RI
Cumberland Middle SchoolClass of 1975
Cumberland, RI
B. F. Norton Elementary SchoolClass of 1972
Cumberland, RI
Fairlawn Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Lincoln, RI
Paul's Story
Hi, I'm Paul, from the class of 1978. After graduation, I went to RIJC (remember?) and then transferred to RIC and majored in music, big mistake!! I was not into classical music, so I dropped out and tried to get into the Navy Band, I couldn't read music fast enough so I enlisted as a Hospital Corpsman. I went and got stationed with the Marines; eventually going over to Beirut after the bombing in 1983, taking care of the wounded on the ship I was on (USS Guam). I got out in 1985, went to RIC for Nursing since I had all this experience in the medical field. My friend at the time asked me to take the Postal Service exam, so I did and passed it, and eventually got hired which ended my Nursing career. Originally I hurt my back while on active duty lifting a HEAVY woman onto a gurney. I got tr...Expand for more
eated twice but dealt with it because I actually liked the military. I got out in 85, met a girl while on active duty, we got married, had two kids, got divorced in 2004, now I'm on Disability due to 3 back operations. I got addicted to pain killers a couple of times, got treated and repeated the whole process three times!! I always thought I was "cured". Now I'm a full-time college student at RIC studying psychology, in hopes of using my experience to help other drug addicts. That's it in a nut-shell. Speaking of a shell, I didn't come out of mine until later, say 2nd year in college, before the Navy. So all you out there that remember me as a sort of a geek, JAM IT!!! Cause I'll take everyone of you out with my pinky!!!! See what a lot of military and the Marine Corps can do for a MAN!!!!
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