Guest peachy Posted April 5, 2003 Report 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
Guest Akane200 Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 Hee hee, that was really funny. I like this article. Thanks.
Guest MayFlower1 Posted April 6, 2003 Report 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
Guest peachy Posted April 6, 2003 Report 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.
Guest peachy Posted April 7, 2003 Report Posted April 7, 2003 Lol Peter - check out the rest of theonion.com - it's very funny.
Guest mandm Posted April 7, 2003 Report 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"...!
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