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...debate team, I opted for courses on postmodernism and contemporary political issues over Advanced Bio. I enjoyed writing and discussing ideas far more than learning bodily cycles, the coefficient of friction, and chemical equations that involved something called the “mol.” Also, I hated math. Along the way, I never explicitly told my parents that I was changing my plans to go into medicine. I was just caught up in the people and the activities I enjoyed. Out of all the classmates I spent time with, perhaps only one or two were...
...against those who were not.The immunized group of children were inoculated against polio, measles, tuberculosis, and DTP within the first two years of their lives. The second group never received vaccinations. The study found that vaccinations during childhood resulted in substantially higher IQs as well as higher language and math test scores when compared with their non-immunized counterparts.The results of this study come as the international community announced the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm). Through this new vehicle, several countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden pledged to increase GAVI’s efforts...
Last year, only about 15 percent of the students studying abroad were science or math concentrators, while the other 85 percent of students were in the social sciences and the humanities. This disparity is not necessarily a problem—perhaps science concentrators are personally less interested in study abroad, or are more likely to believe that the courses and facilities available abroad are inadequate. However, we are skeptical of both excuses; we see no reason that science concentrators are radically less interested in having an international experience or to believe that our science and math departments are simply incomparable...
...although stereotyping is in bad taste, I’ll indulge myself for a second. Let me describe for you the two typical types of TFs, for it is ironic how they are so different in design, but so similar in their level of ineptitude. The typical science or math TF’s command of English is usually shaky at best, and totally non-existent at worst. When you walk into your section and feel a seismic wave of relief that practically knocks you to the floor when a TF speaks a clear and coherent sentence in English...
...Plus, somehow I’ve managed to absorb the concept of weighing the cost/benefit of such a situation, even if I routinely ward off economics and other math-like endeavors with my garlic pendant. And did I mention that the “Supernatural” marketing team had actual gifts for passersby in certain locations? That is, if your very liberal definition of a gift includes those trendy, “love-a-cause,” wristbands...