Guest peachy Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Hey all, I thought the following article at theonion was really funny, and relevant to premeds for obvious reasons ... www.theonion.com/onion391...tchen.html peachy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Akane200 Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Hee hee, that was really funny. I like this article. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MayFlower1 Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 peachy, ooops, I guess I have been somewhat naive...I didn't realize this was a spoof article... ha ha...joke's on me... Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Peter - you realize that the article was written as a joke, and that the kid and situation aren't real, right? Although the article exaggerates the situation strongly, it's funny to me particularly because it is indeed an exaggeration of a real-life situation. I know people like this. They do things for resume-building, like start clubs that have no use and that die off as soon as they are accepted to medical school. And they do get accepted. I don't think that medical schools are at all good at screening out people who are doing things to put them on their resumes, based on my personal experience. Hopefully I am wrong, though. Personally, I have no problem with high schools forcing kids to do a few hours of volunteering. Here in Ontario, at least, they're required to do a very small number of hours (fifteen, maybe?) and I think that for at least some high schoolers this will be the kickstart that they need to turn them onto a life of volunteering. When I was in Grade 9 I enrolled in the Duke of Edinburgh award program, for which I had to do volunteering. It was the first time that I volunteered anywhere, and since that time I have always been volunteering. I never finished the award program, but that doesn't matter -- it turned me on to a lifetime of volunteering, for which I am grateful. I think that the high school requirement has the potential to do the same for many kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Lol Peter - check out the rest of theonion.com - it's very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mandm Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 You are not the only one, Peter. I thought it was legit too--- "wow, they sure are mean to that kid etc etc"...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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