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Not to toot my own horn, but I've been accepted to medical school for next August. :)
Anywho, I'd like to make a regular feature out of my experience as a student, at least to the extent that any of it relates to politics. More to come on that later.
For now, a quick anecdote about Occupy NOLA and a nearby homeless clinic that I volunteer at.
Had two patients from Occupy today. Both homeless. One of them chronically so; he's a regular patient who's been sleeping out there, but I didn't find this out until the end of the visit when he mentioned the Park out by the Library.
Me: You mean the Occupy camp, right?
Him: Yeah, but I don't agree with them.
Me: .....why not?
Him: Well, I don't really know what they're trying to do, and they're just a bunch of homeless people and alcoholics!
Me: *triple facepalm*
Suddenly I recall my Sociology professor's odd-sounding insistence that inequality is supported by those at the top and the bottom.
God bless America.

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Congratulations!
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Wonderful, and I look forward to the series
And congratulations!
Congratulations!
As to your series, I'd be interested in; the demographic profile of your class, what's involved with managing the finances of getting a medical degree for you and several other students whose circumstances differ from yours, a sense of why you and each of several of your class fellows are pursuing medical degrees, and what would have been an alternative career path for each of you.
[In matters gloomy, I've been told that first year general anatomy is pretty brutal -- a seemingly endless exercise in the memorization of the nomenclature, as tough, in its own way to wade through, as what Scott Turow described about first year law in One L which you might want to flip through, if you can find a copy, to see a related template for your upcoming chronicles.]
Double congratulations!
And don't forget to join PNHP :-) (students get a discounted rate)
Cooool!
It'll be like having an in-house doctor ;-) Congratulations!!
Congratulations!
It's a wonderful thing you're doing with the volunteer work.
serious congratulations
being accepted to Med school is no small achievement.
looking forward to the series, and don't forget to join PNHP!
more congratulations!
i look forward to reading about your adventures, your thoughts, whatever else you write about.
What a great offer!
It's great to have you here. I liked your little vignette above.
And, yes, Congratulations!