KAREN: We're here. We're back.

AGNES: What were we talking about?

KAREN: Okay. We're back. We were talking about emergencies that you had dealt with. I was wondering how you handle that kind of a thing.

AGNES: Everything was just automatic. Do the first aid first and then you told the doctor and give him all the information and he says: “Put him on the plane.”

Then of course we had fish hooks that got caught on the cheek or the finger. Everything, you just take in stride, don't get all shook up.

KAREN: So you kind of get used to that kind of stuff?

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative). Yep. But when we got that knife wound and the gun shot wounds, I said: “That's it. I'm getting out.”

Then of course they tried to put us on half a day, take half of our pay and give it to a PA. I said: “You're going to get my letter in the mail. I'm resigning.” And the people would still call. And they'd say nobody was health aide. Marge quit when I did.

KAREN: And when was that?

AGNES: 1975 or '78, one of those two years. But they did have a PA here.

KAREN: But then did you go back to working or that was it?

AGNES: I tried to not work but I couldn't take it, so I applied for a job at the school as a teacher aide. I think that there were twelve of us that applied. And I got it. And I was there for what, 27 years?

KAREN: So when did you officially retire -- so you retired as a teacher aide? That was when you officially retired?

AGNES: Due to health problems.

KAREN: Yeah, and when was that?

AGNES: It'll be four years, I guess, in August.

KAREN: 2002.

AGNES: 2002 or 2003. 2002, I think.

KAREN: Yeah.