A group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A small group of nurses is surrounded by a huge number of single men.
- In plain terms
- Twenty four nurses are stuck with a hundred thousand men.
- What can you take from it?
- Being a minority in a large group creates challenges.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do small groups survive big crowds?
- What happens in imbalanced groups?
Another view
The quote lacks context on the time or place.
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