Re: In Reversal, Student Is Given Extra Exam Time to Pump Breast Milk
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Fri Sep 28 06:54:08 2007
Interestingly, the Google ad that popped up with this e-mail was for "Hooter
Hiders". Apparently these are special blankets to hide the breasts AND BABY
while breast feeding. Come on HOOTER HIDERS!!! Why do we have to hide them?
Why do we have to call them Hooters???
Dan
On 9/28/07, R. Daniel Braun <rd.braun@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> But, she was already getting twice as much time as everyone else because
> of her ADHD.
> Come on. There has to be a limit somewhere.
> No I am not against breast feeding. I am very much for it.
> Dan
>
> On 9/27/07, Ina May Gaskin <midwifeim@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > I can understand the ambivalence, but maybe the judge considered the
> > fact that men don't have to contend with the feeling of having boobs filling
> > with milk continuously over a several-hour period while trying to answer the
> > questions, knowing how quickly this can lead to 1) reduced milk supply and
> > 2) mastitis, which can get women quite sick very fast.
> > It seems to me that having breastfeeding knowledge gained as a mother is
> > a good thing for this doctor-in-training. She'll be less likely to try to
> > separate the mother and baby immediately after birth just because that was
> > the routine learned in medical school.
> >
> > Ina May
> >
> > On 27 Sep 2007, at 11:54, AllanHo@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I feel ambivalent about her situation because I had a handicap myself
> > when I had to take all those exam. I didn't have a medical diagnosis, but
> > I was a very slow reader. I never asked for any special accommodations.
> >
> > I never finished answering all the questions in any of the standardized
> > tests (SAT, MCAT, USMLE & ABOG) except for the math part of SAT. I scored
> > in the 99 percentile in the math SAT. I only did well with everything
> > else. I always wondered how I would have scored if I actually had enough
> > time to answer all the questions on the tests.
> >
> > I didn't get the extra time because I didn't ask for it. On the other
> > hand, I passed all my exams, so I didn't care. But this Ms Currier is on
> > the cusp of passing. Who knows what's on her mind? The moral of this
> > story: You don't get what you want unless you ask for it.
> >
> > Allan
> > Pennsylvania
> >
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> R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
> Professor Emeritus
> Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
> Indiana U. School of Medicine
>
> R. Daniel Braun
>
> "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is
> BLIND"
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>
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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana U. School of Medicine
R. Daniel Braun
"Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND"
Einstein 1941
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