A writer must leave it before that point. But he will always have the scars from it. Just as any experience of war is invaluable to a writer. The Star you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. I've never forgotten them.
All injuries are serious.
He was, as I recall, slightly injured or dangerously injured. Contrary to the professors' published reports, my first job on The Kansas City Star was to find the labor reporter in one of several drinking haunts, get him sobered in a turkish bath, and get him to typewriter. So if the professors really want to know what I learned on The Star, that's what I learned.