| Life in Mississippi |
| In June of 1999, I moved to the USA to continue my training. I took a job in the Physiology Department at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson , MS. I never believed that I would suffer from culture shock moving from Australia to the USA but I was completely wrong. There were not really any big differences but there were so many little differences that they all added up to one huge difference. Although I found it difficult to feel at home in MS, I did have a lot of good experiences. Click on the links below to capture a glimpse of my life in MS. |
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| Mississippi People and Places of Interest (to Me!). |
| Jackson: The state's capitol city Vicksburg: The last Rebel stronghold during the civil war Ridgeland: My home in Mississippi! Ross Barnett Reservoir Cypress Swamp The Petrified Forest |
| Some Facts about Mississippi: -Entered the Union as the 20th state in 1817 -Second state to vote to secede from the Union on Jan. 9, 1861 -Rejoined the Union in 1870. -Population: 2,768,619 (1999 Census) -The worlds first heart transplant (chimp to human) took place at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1964 by Dr. James D. Hardy -Coca-Cola was first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg -The Mississippi River was discovered by the Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto, in 1540. -Roughly translated from Native American folklaw, Mississippi means "Father of Waters" -Spain did not relinguish its claims on the MS area until 1798. -The name"teddy bear" originated after President (Teddy) Roosevelt couldn't bring himself to kill an exhausted bear on a hunting trip in Mississippi. |