Did you know that laparoscopy isn’t Latin for “quick” and “easy.” I thought it did. It doesn’t. Then, again, Latin and I weren’t bosom lovers in high school. Talking about being made painfully aware how simple-minded I was, I also thought think laparoscopy may have been Greek for “painless” and “simple. Never having had invasive [...]
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Yesterday, I was walking the mall “messing around” with my angelic Susan like the “experienced teenager” that I am when a student I hadn’t seen in a year or so approached me. She was with a friend. “Hi, Dr. Schmier.” Before I could give her a return “hi,” she came up to me, put her [...]
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One Friday, I handed back the students’ weekly journals. One student came up to me asking, “What does this ‘AAO’ in the margin mean?” “‘All At Once.’ It means you made all your entries at the same time.” “No, I didn’t” “Didn’t you?” “No” “You didn’t?” “Well, there’s an entry for each day,” she defended [...]
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