Sunday, January 15, 2012

From Designer Heels To Army Boots

She thought she had a dream job when she started work as a City banker. But at the age of 27, she traded it in for four-minute meals, ironing her own bed and singing in Nepalese. Here, the first woman to write about life at the world-famous military academy reveals some of the bizarre practices she encountered there...

Why On Earth Would A Pretty Girl Like You Go And Do Something Like What? What Happened When Héloïse Goodley Swapped Her Designer Heels For Army Boots -- Daily Mail

Héloïse Goodley thought she had a dream job when she started work as a City banker. But at the age of just 27, she traded it in for four-minute meals, ironing her own bed and singing in Nepalese – all part of Army officer training at Sandhurst. Here, the first woman to write about life at the world-famous military academy reveals some of the bizarre practices she encountered there . . .

There was a deathly silence while my father pulled himself together. He is of the generation where people joined a company for life. My mother, ever savvy and in touch with today’s youth, was worried I was a lesbian (I’m not). Until now, I had still kept the whole process a secret, unconvinced that I’d actually make such a radical career leap, but I couldn’t conceal it any longer. I had to tell them. At the age of 27, I was throwing away a perfectly respectable City career. To enlist.

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My Comment: I guess she found her calling.

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