MCW Class of 2010, Part 3

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I only went to CTB lab 1st block. After that I did everything on my own at home since they told us how to download the stuff onto our computers. If I had questions, I'd go into lab at the very end of the session to ask questions. Lots more free time. =) Oh yeah, and neuro lab, the things in the gross lab are usually double sessions to look at the actual brains, so you really only have to go in once. Then they have stuff on the computers, so same thing as CTB. I didn't go in.

I really miss CTB -- that was a fun class. Phys too, even though it was a lot of work, it was fun.
 
I can't believe you just said that you miss CTB. Pain in the butt it was. If i didn't have other things to do I would've liked it better. I don't remember a single thing from that class.

I went to CTB lab for a total of 1 hour. Then everything was done at home, and I would do all the labs for the block the day before the exam. Not the best for long-term learning as noted above, but it got the job done.

2nd semester of M1 year has by far the most free time out of the first 3 years of med school.


Subject change: I hate computers. I just restarted my computer 8 times in a row because the screen would not turn on. +pissed+
 
Anybody know a lawyer that would represent me for little to no fee? I just got served with a court summons by the insurance company of the lady who cut me off in that bike accident I described a while back. Paying those b!tches $900 to settle out of court would probably be enough to give me abdominal aortic aneurysm. 😡 😡 😡
 
do you really need a lawyer? can't you just go in there yourself? what does she want out of this anyways? was there damage to her car?
 
Actually, the lady is completely uninvolved at this point. Her claim has been filed and her fender was replaced, evidently. The insurance company is basically coming after me with the claim that this accident was 100% my fault and they should get the money they paid out for her claim back. I sent a few letters indicating my opinion that it was a faultless accident and we should each be responsible for covering our own losses, whether they be medical or damages to our vehicles.

Now they have filed a suit against me (after threatening to do so a few months ago, which I took as a low cost way of bullying me into giving them at least some money) and they have a lawyer ready to state their case. I've reviewed the police report that was filed and for some reason the officer stated that my bike looked "old" without asking me how much care I took with the repairs (the brakes were in tip-top shape) and indicated that she thought it could have been due to inattention simply because I hit her from behind and she had never seen an accident like that. Again, this cop took all of 5 minutes to interview us (not separate interviews, I might add) and cited neither of us for unsafe driving/biking or excessive speed.

That being said, I think that I'm screwed. I have no real witnesses of the accident, and the police report certainly doesn't favor my case much (although I might argue that it definitely doesn't make a strong case for it being 100% my fault). They have some kind of dirtbag lawyer willing to try the case for them and if they are able to talk me into some kind of corner/have a judge that hates med students for some reason I would be out the $932 they are asking in addition to their court costs, etc. I imagine those could run an additional few hundred dollars at least. So, my most conservative move might be simply to try to settle for a figure slightly less than the $932, which as I indicated, would force me to live the rest of my life with sneaking suspicion that I am a coward. 😡
 
DoctorFunk said:
They have some kind of dirtbag lawyer willing to try the case for them and if they are able to talk me into some kind of corner/have a judge that hates med students for some reason I would be out the $932 they are asking in addition to their court costs, etc. I imagine those could run an additional few hundred dollars at least.
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Try more like a couple thousand for their court costs....lawyers are muy expensivo, and if the defense is paying for it they are going to be liberal with the billable hours. Don't go to court without a lawyer. I would have my mom (a lawyer) try to find someone to do it pro-bono, but she only does family law and doesn't really run in those liability circles.

If all else fails, you could try e-mailing T. Michael Bolger, the president of MCW. He has a JD, and is a really nice guy (my mom used to work with him before he was at MCW). I bet if you e-mailed him and explained your situation and that you're a medical student who can't afford to get reamed in court, you could at least get some advice as to how to proceed.


For future reference, this is why it's important to have umbrella insurance. Policies are super cheap, so if you have more than even just a little bit of money saved it's worth it to have one.
 
Maybe you could go down to Marquette law school and see if you can get advice from a student or professor. I know that at my undergrad we could get advice from the law students.
 
Andy15430 said:
For future reference, this is why it's important to have umbrella insurance. Policies are super cheap, so if you have more than even just a little bit of money saved it's worth it to have one.
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Couldn't agree more. My wife and I were actually in the process of researching and setting up renter's insurance which would have covered the accident at the time, and were about a week away from submitting the application. Timing isn't always my strongest suit, I guess.
 
Anyone know what the total number of points for anatomy and biochem are? I'm trying to determing how hard I'm going to study for the finals.
 
biochem final is something like half of our grade. I'm gonna need a pretty decent grade on it too.
 
indo said:
Anyone know what the total number of points for anatomy and biochem are? I'm trying to determing how hard I'm going to study for the finals.
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Maybe at the beginning of the syllabus?
 
DoctorFunk said:
Anybody know a lawyer that would represent me for little to no fee? I just got served with a court summons by the insurance company of the lady who cut me off in that bike accident I described a while back. Paying those b!tches $900 to settle out of court would probably be enough to give me abdominal aortic aneurysm. 😡 😡 😡
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Ah, man that sucks. I don't really have much to add except good luck! :luck:
 
akpete said:
Maybe at the beginning of the syllabus?
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The biochem sylabus doesn't have much info on it. The anatomy one says that lab exams are 60% of the final grade and the lecture exams are 40. I can't do math right now though.

How is there lightning in milwaukee and it is snowing less than 60 miles from here?
 
indo said:
The biochem sylabus doesn't have much info on it. The anatomy one says that lab exams are 60% of the final grade and the lecture exams are 40. I can't do math right now though.

How is there lightning in milwaukee and it is snowing less than 60 miles from here?
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Hey, don't look a gift non-snowfall in the mouth.
 
confucious say be glad your locks are not frozed
 
goodbye, Jack.



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I heard an unsubstantiated rumor today that an M1 is being kicked out of school. Anyone know anything about this?
 
Andy15430 said:
I heard an unsubstantiated rumor today that an M1 is being kicked out of school. Anyone know anything about this?
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what the heck have I been doing wrong that someone else gets kicked out before me????????
 
i also heard a rumor that somebody had a wallet and a notebook computer stolen from a nerd room. maybe the rumors are related.
 
Maybe I'm distrustful, but I guess I wouldn't leave my computer and wallet alone.

Then again, I spose I'd have to go to the bathroom sometime, huh. 🙁
 
Agent Splat said:
i also heard a rumor that somebody had a wallet and a notebook computer stolen from a nerd room. maybe the rumors are related.
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one guy's wallet went missing last block around 4-6 am, and the cleaning lady found it in the garbage sans the $35 in cash. Nothing came of that, AFAIK.
 
akpete said:
Maybe I'm distrustful, but I guess I wouldn't leave my computer and wallet alone.

Then again, I spose I'd have to go to the bathroom sometime, huh. 🙁
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Haha, I leave my laptop and books in the library for over an hour unattended sometimes. If somebody wants my 4-year old laptop and notes, they're in a pretty sad situation.
 
Agent Splat said:
i also heard a rumor that somebody had a wallet and a notebook computer stolen from a nerd room. maybe the rumors are related.
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Yes, from what I've heard. Apparently it was an M3's stuff in the nerd room, and they have the M1 caught on tape taking it out. Last I heard, they were waiting for the police to arrive so they could open the M1's locker since he wouldn't open it voluntarily after being confronted.

But that is all second or thirdhand from the biggest gossip in our class. No idea who she got her info from.

I've always felt pretty safe about leaving stuff out around school, but I guess I will have to be more careful around this new crop of untrustworthy med students that are terrorizing the school. :meanie: Seriously, though, it's too bad for this guy that his lapse in judgment (assuming this wasn't something he made a habit of) is going to cost him his career...he should have thought about that before making that decision.
 
Andy15430 said:
Yes, from what I've heard. Apparently it was an M3's stuff in the nerd room, and they have the M1 caught on tape taking it out. Last I heard, they were waiting for the police to arrive so they could open the M1's locker since he wouldn't open it voluntarily after being confronted.

But that is all second or thirdhand from the biggest gossip in our class. No idea who she got her info from.
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I heard the suspect's description as being scrawny with a curly white-boy afro.
 
does the biggest gossip in the class talk with an abrasive accent?
 
the girl in question has an accent that makes me want to uppercut somebody in the uterus. It isn't her though.

I wonder who is getting kicked out. woohoo! not really
 
I don't even know who the biggest gossip is, let alone hear all these rumors about stealing. I'm so outta the loop.
 
akpete said:
I don't even know who the biggest gossip is, let alone hear all these rumors about stealing. I'm so outta the loop.
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Me too. If I wasn't out of the loop I'd be down at the chancery slappin' asses with the people who claim to be in long distance relationships but constantly flirt and booze in suggestive manners with people of the opposite sex. That would be fun.
 
indo said:
Me too. If I wasn't out of the loop I'd be down at the chancery slappin' asses with the people who claim to be in long distance relationships but constantly flirt and booze in suggestive manners with people of the opposite sex. That would be fun.
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You're already more in the loop than I am. I don't know who's flirting with whom (other than me, who flirts with everyone but doesn't mean anything by it), much less which of those people is in a distance relationship. But I HAVE seen Prowler's imaginary wife, so I'm one up on you.

Seriously, I'm unaware of most of the gossip, and that's probably a good thing, because I'd just worry about the people. I'm kind of hoping the rumor is just a nerd room all-nighter's nightmare. Are there really cameras in the nerd rooms, anyway?
 
Andy15430 said:
Apparently there's one in a hallway near the nerd rooms up there somewhere.
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black domes hanging from the ceiling = cameras. there's one in the corner by the windows on the North side at the STAR Center. presumably one near the other end to monitor that region and the anatomy labs.
 
Agent Splat said:
black domes hanging from the ceiling = cameras. there's one in the corner by the windows on the North side at the STAR Center. presumably one near the other end to monitor that region and the anatomy labs.
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I think I've seen a black dome on the north end of the east hallway of nerd rooms, so I concur.
 
indo said:
Me too. If I wasn't out of the loop I'd be down at the chancery slappin' asses with the people who claim to be in long distance relationships but constantly flirt and booze in suggestive manners with people of the opposite sex. That would be fun.
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woo hooo!!! I was just at the chancery, but no slapping of asses happened, but I am now on the *inside* of who's staying with *who*, ha ha.


drunknness + 1!


(it's about time - I don't think I've touched the EtOH since Block 2)
 
TheProwler said:
woo hooo!!! I was just at the chancery, but no slapping of asses happened, but I am now on the *inside* of who's staying with *who*, ha ha.


drunknness + 1!


(it's about time - I don't think I've touched the EtOH since Block 2)
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I shoulda went down there but after I got home from biochem then lunch I just didn't feel like leaving my couch.
 
TheProwler said:
woo hooo!!! I was just at the chancery, but no slapping of asses happened, but I am now on the *inside* of who's staying with *who*, ha ha.


drunknness + 1!


(it's about time - I don't think I've touched the EtOH since Block 2)
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I bet there WAS ass slapping but you just didn't see it. You gotta "have your head on a swivel" when you're watching for ass slappery.


The things we pick up from sports coaches are applicable throughout life:
"keep you head on a swivel" -basketball
"the helmet is NOT chair" - football
"take a knee" -every sport
"my sons will be starting" -every sport
 
i feel like i'm on Groundhog Day. I keep seeing the same damn Scrubs episode over and over!
 
indo said:
I shoulda went down there but after I got home from biochem then lunch I just didn't feel like leaving my couch.
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I came home and slept for a while and then went out. now I have to atone for some phone calls I made last night....
 
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