today i received an email that the course would probably be cancelled because there's only one other student signed up for my slot, and that's not enough to run the course, i guess. DAMNIT! i need that credit! so i did a little browsing in the online course catalog, searching in vain for a one credit one week course that i could replace it with. then i remembered the story of the international health elective.
from what i've heard, you pick up some dusty ol books, and read on your own for 2 weeks while filling out a take-home multiple choice exam, and then turn that in on the last day. SOUNDS PERFECT. sign me up. (i signed up)
now, i've got my one final interview in the middle of this course, and it's in NYC. i imagine it will not be any sort of problem whatsoever to do this. but correct me if i'm wrong, o few classmates of mine that are in the know and punish themselves by reading this blog.
anyway, i felt like i was on a roll so i set out to replace my 4 week surgery clerkship at UW with either a 4 week turn at st. mary's (supposedly the cushiest of the cush), or a 4 week stint in "orthopedics for the non-orthopedist" (which essentially sounds like a month of ortho clinic - but also no call, no weekends). of course all slots are full. so begins the campaign to charm the ladies in charge of the medical student education dept in surgery to let me get in on some of that nice n' relaxing surgery action. what it do.
also, and i'm totally NOT joking, but i spent a good portion of the afternoon reading about different rappers on wikipedia. i can't remember how it started but it ended with me reading about the bloods and crips and then getting that aforementioned email, which effectively put a stop to my self-education of 90s gangsta rap and los angeles gang culture.
but i totally feel like i've been studying. why can't you be a rap major in college?
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