[nursemelani]

I work for a pediatric home health agency. They are DESPERATE for nurses, because the pay is lower than in the hospital, and only full time employees get any benefits. Some agencies hire home health aids. If you did that while going to school, the agency would probably keep you on and promote you when you get your license. (That's what I did)

[Dixieheart]

Originally Posted by Traveler

You need to let all of the Yanks you deal with know that the dialect of East Tennessee is much closer to Elizabethan English than anything else spoken in the United States today (because of where the original white settlers came from and the relative isolation maintained the purity of the language). I know what you mean though about people making fun of us poor stupid hillbillies. I then wonder why so many of them are moving here?????

I would think that they know there is a better quality of people and life in general there and they want a piece of it for themselves. May not ever admit it though the actions speak for themselves. I guess if there was enough out-of-state people in one area they could have their own little "town" with its distinct flavor.