Word: professionalizing
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...other woman who seeks medical help for postpartum depression? Is Cruise really against prescription drugs, or does the idea of a strong woman taking charge of her health frighten him? Cruise's opinions belong in the Dark Ages. He needs to leave health-care options to medical professionals and their patients. Janice Fisher Midlothian, Virginia, U.S. Cruise's nutty behavior on Oprah was an example of what happens to superstars who reach the top and have no place to go but down. Look at Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. We treat celebrities like gods, then complain when they start...
Undoubtedly one of the most decisive influences on America's professional cooks was France's nouvelle cuisine, word of which reached this country about 20 years ago. Two messages registered seismic waves. The first was that the chefs were no longer servants but stars, an idea that inspired new talent to take up the profession. Not only did young people gravitate to cooking, but many who had trained for other careers switched. Says Wine: "It used to be that parents proudly said, 'my son the doctor' or 'my son the lawyer.' Now my father says, 'my son the chef...
When a young lawyer named Zhou Dan started writing about being gay on Chinese websites in 2001, he hoped his honesty would help combat prejudice. Homosexuality was--and still is--very much in the closet in China; Beijing had just taken it off an official list of mental disorders. Zhou...
Still, the stutter was just one thing I had to overcome on my way to becoming an actor. Another was that my family disapproved of the profession. When I started to discuss acting with my grandparents--my mother's folks, who raised me--they didn't want to hear about...
“As a historian of education, she has a very deep view of the way in which education as a field and as a profession needs to by itself be stronger and be more respected within society,” said Kagen.