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	<title>Comments on: Pathopathology</title>
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		<title>By: enrico</title>
		<link>http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2007/02/601/comment-page-1#comment-17637</link>
		<dc:creator>enrico</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In spite of the fact that I already knew Dra. G. spent time in Italy (in fact, I was the one who informed most of my classmates of this--I read all my professors&#039; CVs if available), there was no fact-checking needed; everything I said was true, as per my experience.  My opinions are subject to debate, of course, but they are my own.  Obviously, Dra. G. is a close friend/relative of yours, so you should know (and I speak 100% honestly here) that I like her as a person; over a glass of wine, many fascinating conversations could be had with much to learn--of that I have no doubt.

But this isn&#039;t about her, this is about &lt;strong&gt;the class&lt;/strong&gt; and how information is presented. She could be a Nobel Laureate herself--it doesn&#039;t matter if it&#039;s not shared.  Good teachers teach; great teachers inspire--that&#039;s my standard. It &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; sloth to cut and paste questions from known accessible resources rather than come up with questions oneself that correlate what was discussed in lecture. This cheats students of objective grading based on test-time rationalization, because then a hard choice has to be made: memorize questions like everyone else to keep up with the grade curve, or stick to reading the books on principle and risk [certainly] falling behind.  If the playing field were level with original (at the very least, not PUBLIC) questions, this could happen.
You know nothing about my class attendance or whether or not I pay attention, so I&#039;ll ignore that, but the point of going to class is not to be read to--it&#039;s to have someone synthesize/ condense the material and give a perspective using THEIR words, DIFFERENT points of view, OTHER angles.  Dra. G. did not do that.  Dr. MS, &lt;em&gt;menos&lt;/em&gt;.  My main problem was with the course, and when you have a problem with the curriculum, you look to the department head. In this case, there is no surprise why the department is a sinking ship.  It&#039;s not personal, it&#039;s business--MY business, as in my career, what I paid money for to learn.

But don&#039;t worry--the rot that exists in the pathology department is simply a distant metastasis of the primary tumor that lies elsewhere, but there&#039;s only so far I&#039;ll go publicly. The point here isn&#039;t to embarass, it&#039;s to chronicle my experience.  I don&#039;t have to apologize for or justify that to anyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In spite of the fact that I already knew Dra. G. spent time in Italy (in fact, I was the one who informed most of my classmates of this&#8211;I read all my professors&#8217; CVs if available), there was no fact-checking needed; everything I said was true, as per my experience.  My opinions are subject to debate, of course, but they are my own.  Obviously, Dra. G. is a close friend/relative of yours, so you should know (and I speak 100% honestly here) that I like her as a person; over a glass of wine, many fascinating conversations could be had with much to learn&#8211;of that I have no doubt.</p>
<p>But this isn&#8217;t about her, this is about <strong>the class</strong> and how information is presented. She could be a Nobel Laureate herself&#8211;it doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s not shared.  Good teachers teach; great teachers inspire&#8211;that&#8217;s my standard. It <strong>is</strong> sloth to cut and paste questions from known accessible resources rather than come up with questions oneself that correlate what was discussed in lecture. This cheats students of objective grading based on test-time rationalization, because then a hard choice has to be made: memorize questions like everyone else to keep up with the grade curve, or stick to reading the books on principle and risk [certainly] falling behind.  If the playing field were level with original (at the very least, not PUBLIC) questions, this could happen.<br />
You know nothing about my class attendance or whether or not I pay attention, so I&#8217;ll ignore that, but the point of going to class is not to be read to&#8211;it&#8217;s to have someone synthesize/ condense the material and give a perspective using THEIR words, DIFFERENT points of view, OTHER angles.  Dra. G. did not do that.  Dr. MS, <em>menos</em>.  My main problem was with the course, and when you have a problem with the curriculum, you look to the department head. In this case, there is no surprise why the department is a sinking ship.  It&#8217;s not personal, it&#8217;s business&#8211;MY business, as in my career, what I paid money for to learn.</p>
<p>But don&#8217;t worry&#8211;the rot that exists in the pathology department is simply a distant metastasis of the primary tumor that lies elsewhere, but there&#8217;s only so far I&#8217;ll go publicly. The point here isn&#8217;t to embarass, it&#8217;s to chronicle my experience.  I don&#8217;t have to apologize for or justify that to anyone.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2007/02/601/comment-page-1#comment-17634</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sloth is not fact-checking your vitriolic and gratuitous commentary - one of the faculty (and certainly not the &quot;shining light&quot; that you mention), was a practicing pathologist with 20+ years of experience, is possibly the only one in the whole International Program who studied abroad at famous international institutions in Italy, has access to Nobel Laureates and renown figures in her specialty through solid contacts at the HMS and BU, to name a few, etcetera (you should help yourself to a dishful of her logros).  Doubtless, if you were more keen to research your teaching professors, payed attention in class and attended it daily, and in general approached the subject with an open mind, you&#039;d suck out more marrow than sour grapes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sloth is not fact-checking your vitriolic and gratuitous commentary &#8211; one of the faculty (and certainly not the &#8220;shining light&#8221; that you mention), was a practicing pathologist with 20+ years of experience, is possibly the only one in the whole International Program who studied abroad at famous international institutions in Italy, has access to Nobel Laureates and renown figures in her specialty through solid contacts at the HMS and BU, to name a few, etcetera (you should help yourself to a dishful of her logros).  Doubtless, if you were more keen to research your teaching professors, payed attention in class and attended it daily, and in general approached the subject with an open mind, you&#8217;d suck out more marrow than sour grapes.</p>
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