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I agree that being in medical school is a privilege, and I very, very much appreciate the supportive words cellsaver, but I also think that adult learners paying a mortgage for their education should be treated better than recruits in boot camp.That's why Goro and many of us just don't buy the arguments. You're lucky in your medical school. Suck it up or be a nurse
This is why I am appalled that there are med schools that require lecture attendance, and that there are faculty who treat teaching as this chore to get to so they can get back to their labs, or who teach their research and not what you need to know, or as mentioned above, merely teach by saying "read Chapters 10-30 of Harrisons (it's one thing to be a good self-learner..this is a very important thing, but we Faculty are paid to get you to a goal, and this is not done by merely pointing to the horizon and saying "start running"). We should never force learning, but rather, guide it.
Lastly, I despise those faculty who teach over your heads, as if you're residents!