You are an idiot. I don?t know how many times I?ve come across self-righteous heme+ stools like you on these boards. But I?ll bite anyway. ?Doing just enough? means recognizing my limitations and not letting med school take over my life completely. Feckless twit, while you were busy squeezing that extra point or two out of your rectum for that orgo test, I was taking up music lessons, translating Plato from the original Greek (hence my screen moniker), or ruminating on the ramifications of Kierkegaard?s discussion of the ?teleological suspension of the ethical.? Indeed, I ended up with merely an A, instead of an A+, in orgo. Nor do I expect this pattern to change drastically during the pre-clinical years in med school, much of whose material is largely forgotten later, or clinically irrelevant anyway. I?ll work hard, but I?ll pursue outside interests too. This doesn?t sound so very radical to me. In a clinical setting, this will mean recognizing that I can?t learn everything, and knowing where my limits are and when to rely on others. Based on my record so far, I?ll probably end up being (or at least hope to become) a competent, above-average physician, though by no means the best. But I?ll do what I can to preserve my sanity, and give my life balance. If you have anything of value to say, then say it by all means. But spare us your meaningless and self-righteous one-liners. And do some Kegal exercises for your rectum (your major speech organ).
