Flores no Florence Nightingale

          A 41 year old failing nursing student, Robert Flores Jr. , goes

    berserk  and kills three of his professors -and then, of course, himself.

    ( AP story, October 29 ). I read : " there are many issues in Mr. Flores'

    life, all of which are a factor. "

              I suspect that sexism and age-ism were a factor in his crackpot.

    It is not easy to go back to school with all the energy, enthusiasm,

    and confidence of YOUTH. Perhaps Flores was as WELCOME at the University

    of Arizona 's nursing school as a 41 year old female would be in the

    Providence Police Academy or as a Fire Dept. trainee.

                 Why would cold, obnoxious person choose to be a nurse

    anyway ? Robert Flores was  already an experienced LPN. Was he getting

    the " treatment " familiar to a black person in a NICE white suburb ?

                No instinctive  FEMALE empathy to help a drowning student ?

    No help  for him in mastering challenging  subjects ?

                 Success is no FUN unless we can see FAILURE fumble !

           There is more to this story of Robert Flores, MALE nurse.