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buy a suit, even if it is from JC penny or men's warehouse.
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As someone who has actually lived in a socialist country, I know the signs.
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You need a suit. JC Penny is fine. You can get a suit pretty cheap that still looks good, particularly if you get it tailored.
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I just want to say, if you have a PhD or an MD/DO/DDS/DVM whatever, I have tremendous respect for you. It is my dream to be like you. And yes, I know you have to play the game. I am simply expressing my distaste with aspects of the system.
It’s similar to my feelings about nursing. I love nurses, I love the nursing model. I simply hate nursing politics and higher education.
It’s similar to my feelings about nursing. I love nurses, I love the nursing model. I simply hate nursing politics and higher education.
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It's poking fun at Canada for being more leftist than America (without being critical) and for being very fond of ice hockey. Swing and a miss for my joke, and evidently my cue to retire for the night!
What a weird topic to come up today of all days.
Personally, I don't care whether someone wears a watch or what the brand is (within common sense limits, as Goro and others pointed out).
@OrthoTraumaMD, with all due respect, I completely agree with you that people who work hard deserve success and nice things. Some people wear fancy watches because they like to use them to take blood pressures, because they enjoy fashion, it just makes them feel nice to look nice, or they just don't like to tell time with their cell phones because they're worried others might perceive it as rude. I have no problem with any of those reasons for wearing a watch. I also believe it's dangerous to discriminate against people because of wealth or privilege (or any other reason that has nothing to do with their character directly). There's good people and not so good people in every category.
However, I do personally dislike it when people use fashion accessories (or anything else for that matter) to make other people feel less than. Social comparison is a plague on humanity, and I don't like people who intentionally feed into it to feed their egos.
I think that part of what's pushing my buttons a bit about this thread is that I come from a country run by an oligarchy mostly made up of older white men born into extreme privilege and wealth. And let's just say that there are certain tell-tale signs that this power and privilege has corrupted some of them to the point where they think it's OK to harm others in heinous ways just because they feel like it. And what's more, the institutions in my country are so corrupted that causing egregious harm to another human being with malicious intent is not considered a deal-breaker when it comes to selecting a candidate for one of the most powerful positions in the country, even when everyone believes that he committed the crime.
Because of this background, part of me wonders if adcomms shouldn't start seeing young premeds wearing fancy watches as a possible sign that they should check this person more carefully and make sure they're not the kind of person who will abuse their power. The watch itself proves nothing, like I said. Lots of people wear fancy watches for lots of reasons. But it might be a risk factor with some small predictive power to help pinpoint the ones that need to be stopped before they're running the show. Or maybe not. I honestly have no idea.
As an example of something related, isn't there a study showing that people who drive Lexuses are more likely to cut off other people in traffic? Clearly, that doesn't mean everyone who drives a Lexus is a bad person. But if we can't rely on our institutions, can we really blame people for wondering if they can use details like that to pinpoint the people they need to due some extra due diligence on?
Personally, I don't care whether someone wears a watch or what the brand is (within common sense limits, as Goro and others pointed out).
@OrthoTraumaMD, with all due respect, I completely agree with you that people who work hard deserve success and nice things. Some people wear fancy watches because they like to use them to take blood pressures, because they enjoy fashion, it just makes them feel nice to look nice, or they just don't like to tell time with their cell phones because they're worried others might perceive it as rude. I have no problem with any of those reasons for wearing a watch. I also believe it's dangerous to discriminate against people because of wealth or privilege (or any other reason that has nothing to do with their character directly). There's good people and not so good people in every category.
However, I do personally dislike it when people use fashion accessories (or anything else for that matter) to make other people feel less than. Social comparison is a plague on humanity, and I don't like people who intentionally feed into it to feed their egos.
I think that part of what's pushing my buttons a bit about this thread is that I come from a country run by an oligarchy mostly made up of older white men born into extreme privilege and wealth. And let's just say that there are certain tell-tale signs that this power and privilege has corrupted some of them to the point where they think it's OK to harm others in heinous ways just because they feel like it. And what's more, the institutions in my country are so corrupted that causing egregious harm to another human being with malicious intent is not considered a deal-breaker when it comes to selecting a candidate for one of the most powerful positions in the country, even when everyone believes that he committed the crime.
Because of this background, part of me wonders if adcomms shouldn't start seeing young premeds wearing fancy watches as a possible sign that they should check this person more carefully and make sure they're not the kind of person who will abuse their power. The watch itself proves nothing, like I said. Lots of people wear fancy watches for lots of reasons. But it might be a risk factor with some small predictive power to help pinpoint the ones that need to be stopped before they're running the show. Or maybe not. I honestly have no idea.
As an example of something related, isn't there a study showing that people who drive Lexuses are more likely to cut off other people in traffic? Clearly, that doesn't mean everyone who drives a Lexus is a bad person. But if we can't rely on our institutions, can we really blame people for wondering if they can use details like that to pinpoint the people they need to due some extra due diligence on?
It’s just taking me a little while to fully understand the mindset.
Another thing I remember mentioned was that someone told prospective students not to wear a stethoscope around their necks in school during ms3-ms4.
Why not? That’s where mine stays. I hate it weighing down my pockets, and if I leave it on my desk, some doctor is gonna come take it and walk off with it (sorry, couldn’t resist that poke).
Another thing I remember mentioned was that someone told prospective students not to wear a stethoscope around their necks in school during ms3-ms4.
Why not? That’s where mine stays. I hate it weighing down my pockets, and if I leave it on my desk, some doctor is gonna come take it and walk off with it (sorry, couldn’t resist that poke).
I mean if you owned a Bugatti would you be obeying the speed limit?
I’m surprised you don’t know. Surgeons keep their stethoscopes in their pockets so as not to be confused with internists. Or, as in this case, nurses.
Surgeons where I work just don’t have them period. They borrow or steal ours lol (actually happens a LOT). Students, residents and occasionally HMS and CCMS have them.. and wear them around their necks usually. Some carry in their pockets, not many.
Most of the ones I’ve worked with didn’t carry them either.
I mean they are privileged. It’s just that it’s not necessarily bad to be privileged. It’s great that your kids have the privilege of not having to be hungry or strapped for clothes. The people who try to vilify privileged people just because they are well off thanks to their own hard work or the work of their parents can get ****ed.
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Or find one in a thrift store.
I haven't carried one at all as a surgical resident. "wwp, breathing non-labored."
Lmao this thread is about watches y’all. Can we have one SDN thread about clothes that doesn’t do this.
According to sdn there are two kinds of watches: 30k Rolex and 5$ plastic calculator watch from the garbage.
According to sdn there are two kinds of watches: 30k Rolex and 5$ plastic calculator watch from the garbage.
Also the brand and exact shade of your shoe really matter.
Man I can’t afford all of that stuff. Maybe medicine isn’t my hustle
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Buy a suit on Ebay for under $100.
Neutral colors + something small like a sash that makes you stand out. There are many other threads for this. Try doing a search for "women's interview clothes" or something similar. Good luck! 🙂
