I found this AP article and just wanted to share.
Just 12 hours after giving birth, a Houston firefighter popped a painkiller and took a promotion exam.
Beda Kent felt she had no choice because Texas state law requires everyone to take it at the same time. She would have had to wait two years for the next one.
Despite just giving birth and getting only two hours sleep, Kent got 104 out of 110 on the test and expects to return from maternity leave in March as a captain.
Still, Kent thinks there should be some exceptions to the law. She told The Houston Chronicle that she was about six months pregnant when the test was announced in October.
Kent's new daughter, Brina Sue, is said to be doing fine. But Kent said, "It was hard to leave her."
All I can say is da-amn. You go girl. She deserves to be a Captain. Hell, she deserves to be running the joint.
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- 104344
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I think captain's do run the joint
- Author
- *SuperStar*
- Date
- 2006-01-18T17:12:39-06:00
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- 104345
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They really need to make exceptions. Their rules were probably made before women were allowed to ride the truck, and just because these women choose this career path doesn't mean that their uteruses have dissolved. Or is it uteri?
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- LatashaWillis
- Date
- 2006-01-20T16:39:18-06:00
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