Word: okaying
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...acting as a resource for fellow students. “In the past my friends traditionally asked me a lot of questions about alcohol because of my knowledge in chemistry,” Gaglani says. “They were always asking questions like ‘Is it okay to take a Tylenol after drinking alcohol to relieve a headache?’ I wanted to be able to answer my friends and whoever had those concerns. DAPA gave me this opportunity.” Tao said her DAPA training has helped her most in aiding those within...
...computer playing video games. You’re coming and you’re helping out.’ I was like, ‘I don’t want to act or sing or dance or anything.’ So they said, ‘Okay, you can go build the set.’”Ur soon discovered the camaraderie that comes from working backstage with other people on dramatic productions, and especially enjoyed forming relationships with the older, cooler kids, he says. “They used to get paid for doing tech...
...have an identity crisis that’s followed by years of pain and anguish until you finally snap and drive your powder blue VW van off a cliff with the bodies of little boys in the trunk.’” Um, okay. Word to the wise: Your buddy’s semi-pornographic wall posts probably won’t do you justice in the eyes of judgement. That Merrill Lynch executive might decide you’re not such a good investment...
...attended performing arts middle and high schools, but by the time she was ready for college, Koch thought that her dance career was over. “With performing arts schools you choose to dance or you choose to go to school, and I thought ‘Okay, well, I chose college,’” says Koch.Koch had didn’t dance at all during the summer between her senior year and her matriculation at Harvard, but when she arrived at Wigglesworth Hall, Koch discovered that setting dance aside would not be so easy. Koch?...
...positive deviant” in medicine—a person who simply outperforms others in his or her field. It is Gawande’s project in “Better” to understand why some people or institutions in medicine are great while others are just, well, okay...