As for which school is best for you, I would do as Laker Fan advised and sit down and make a list of pros and cons. I was impressed by both programs and know you will do well at either one.
As for the continued grilling of drmeathead, I think enough is enough. It's presumptuous at best to pass judgement on him as a person based on one misguided post.
If we can all sit back and consider his original comment, I think many would agree it was a valid one. I also think most would agree that he didnt choose the most effective way of expressing his thoughts. The point is, it would do us all well to realize that most people, at least at times, struggle in expressing their true agenda.
The way I interpreted his original post was that; One, this forum isnt for the discussion of race, creed, religion, politics, and and all other subjects that are more sensitive in nature, but that it is for the discusion of all-things-dental (granted, often times we are divided as to our opinions of all-things-dental, but healthy,respectful discussion of ALL-THINGS-DENTAL, is informative and insightful and provides great benefit to many of the readers of this forum). I also realize that things such as exercise, spring break, finances, and an infinite number of other topics are discussed herein, and are welcomed by all, but not the discussion of the aforementioned topics. Second, and this is where I think he really rubbed some people the wrong way, he was voicing his concern with what he caled a "double standard."
Specifically, that it's okay to organize an "ALL (fill in a minority group)" but that if someone were to organize an "ALL WHITE" group it would be heavily frowned upon, and the organizers thereof would be branded as racists, bigots, prejudiced, short-minded, etc...Again, while his way of expressing his opinion may have been misguided, I found it equally disturbing the way MANY were so quick to pass judgement on him, calling him a rascist and
bigot, and offering sorrow for anyone who has to have him in their program, and that someone called Rose Mangold, and so on. It seems as though those who were so quick to pass judgement (prejudge based on one poorly expressed post) were demonstrating the same frightening intolerance they claimed to be decrying.
The fact is none of us know drmeathead or his background, and we should give him the benefit of the doubt, or at least accept his explanation and accept that MAYBE we did infact misinterpret his original post, and overreact to it....after all, arent tolerance, forgiveness, love, and mutual respect vital to all of us? Let's give this guy a break and move on, enjoying where we are at in school (almost done w/ our undergraduate work!!!), and that we will be starting our professional schooling in a few months...think about it, chill out, and decide for yourself.
