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Medical students aren't showing up to class. What does that mean for future docs?
During my first two years as a medical student, I almost never went to lectures. Neither did my peers. In fact, I estimate that not even a quarter of medical students in my class consistently attended classes in person. One of my professors, Dr. Philip Gruppuso, says in his 40 years of teaching, …
25 of the best Stanford University courses you can take online for free
Learn about everything from computer science to communicating with presence, without spending anything. TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from Stanford University are available to take for free on edX. This month you can learn about everything from computer science to communicating with …
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsIn a deep red Florida county, a student-teacher revolt shames the right
By now, it’s obvious that the reactionary culture warriors who want to reshape American education are inspiring a serious liberal counter-mobilization in response. Remarkably, this backlash to the backlash is gaining momentum in some of the reddest parts of the country. A raucous school board …
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Rebeccaflipped into Gosomer is AwsomerThe Most Popular Slang the Year You Were Born
Like fashion, slang changes with the times. A word that seems current one year can feel wildly dated as time goes on. (Just think of how weird it would be to say something is "da bomb" in 2017.) With the help of the Oxford English Dictionary and a few other archival resources, we've rounded up the …
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The One Persuasive Phrase That Will Make Anyone Do Exactly What You Want
What if there was a secret password that could teach you how to get your way and all you had to do was use it? Well, such a thing would be pretty …
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesKitty confidential: 13 secret signals all cat owners need to know – from a quivering tail to airplane ears
Cats show their feelings from whiskers to tail. Here is how to read their body language and boost their health and happiness Shortly after my partner and I adopted our two cats, our fluffy black one, Mambo, decided that I am his special human. Mambo rarely lets anyone else pet him, but he follows me …
