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...schedule of a student who fuses the two by concentrating in government, fine arts, history or other non-science fields and is also pre-med sheds full light on this counterproductivity in the Core. That student easily satisfies the Science A and B requirements with pre-med subjects but is still locked into the stringent non-science Core requirements--effectively left with few to no electives...
Jennifer T. Tattenbaum, '98, although not a pre-med, watches the show avidly, and remarks on the "bonding" which the show creates. For her the show is interesting because of the "E.R. culture" that's arising. "There is definitely a bonding that goes on about the show. On Friday everyone is talking about it, and even though we all saw it, we still have to go over every tiny detail." She believes that the show's popularity stems from its pseudo-intellectualism, which makes people feel smart when they watch it. Unlike those who watch the "totally frivolous...
Elizabeth S. Niewoehner, a second year med student, loves the show because it seems to follow her syllabus. "Some weeks we learn more from E.R. than from our professors...the disease we just learned about is the thing we get excited about the most...
...people say that E.R. makes them yearn for the trauma unit; none say that the show made them become pre-med. But Bryan A. Henry, '95, admits that the show re-affirms his lifelong desire to become a doctor. "There are some things in E.R. that definitely make me excited to get on within the medical career. You see the major decisions [doctors] have to make, but it also opens your eyes to the other side, the huge responsibility that they have." Tattenbaum, a very humanities, social-science-oriented student says that the show does make her think about becoming...
Julie E. Mosow, '97, was a history and literature pre-med her first semester, but she realized that she enjoyed her hist and lit classes more than Chem 27. She dropped Chem, and says, as much as she loves E.R., it doesn't make her regret dropping her premed courseload. "I'd much rather be creating the show than living...