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...really like this woman, but she won't even notice me. Is it me? Should I use steroids to bulk up? Help me. Jose, please help...
...representing more than 250,000 doctors and medical students, has a well-earned reputation of placing its members' economic interests ahead of, well, everything else in the world. In the 1960s, the AMA opposed the creation of Medicaid and Medicare, for fear that government help to the poor and elderly might slice into physician profits. In the early 1970s, one president of the AMA declared that "health care is a privilege and not a right...
WHAT is the moral of this story? In the ongoing quest to achieve "user-friendliness," computer makers such as Apple have given us simplicity in place of comprehension. Although smiley faces, frowning faces, and cutesy language like "mouse" help people overcome their initial jitters with machines, manufacturers won't allow users to understand anything remotely technical. Macintoshes are so easy to use because we have no idea how they work...
...Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR) simply forces the computer illiterates to cram and scram. And although the Core Curriculum takes painstalking measures to help students appreciate the aesthetic of thought, it directs little effort towards the aesthetics of modern technology...
HOWEVER, Harvard could only help its students by providing them with a much-needed extra year or even an extra semester simply to get an idea of the options available to them. Most students at Harvard do not have the opportunity during their first year to experience enough of different departments to make an informed choice of concentration. The choice of concentration is not the be all and end all of one's education. Nevertheless, the decision is important and likely to be better if made by more experienced sophomores...