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Date: | Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:27:37 EDT |
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Dear Friends:
Nikki Simmon's post about apprenticeship is wonderful. Apprenticeship is
the way that people used to learn, before learning became institutionalized
and regulated, and also before learning an art became commercialized.
In many cultures, a healer follows this traditional way of becoming an
artist. I am using the words art and artist to incorporate the passion and the
'call' to become. In this tradition, a young person doesn't want to be a
healer to earn big bucks or gain prestige; they become a healer because of some
inner drive and passion and some knowledge that being a healer is part of
their identity. There is also an exchange of energy; the apprentice gives to the
master as much as the master gives to the student.
Way different to the people I have met who want to become doctors to
make lots of money or have power.
Lactation work is an art as much as it is a science.
I apprenticed to a lay midwife for 1 1/2 years and had some of the same
experiences as Nikki reports: the immersion in a life, the doing of chores
outside the realm of study, the surrender to the process. Unfortunately, as a
single mother I couldn't continue as I had to earn money.
At least, the lactation profession is not concerned with people wanting
to enter for monetary purposes, because that isn't relevant!
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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