Hitler Hairdo!

There's a section in the UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admission Test .. why isn't there two extra letters in that abbreviation?) and that's Empathy. This is the one section I scored the highest since I would almost always pick the right answer in the practice papers. The trick is to pick the one that sounds disengaging yet caring. See the thing is, in this profession you can't care and yet you have to come across as caring. It gets complicated. There's no place for emotions and yet you must be empathetic. I think one of the biggest (or is it 'truest') truths I have ever been told by anyone was Dr. Dallas. 'We don't heal, we don't cure, we change the circumstance. So we're not saints. If you answer 'working in midst of Africa' as the response to why you want to become one in your Medicine Entrant interview, you can be pretty sure you won't be called in for a second one.'

The fucking test was pretty fucking hard though. BUT, like all standardized tests there's a trick to obtain great scores. Of course I never practiced these tricks due to laziness but maybe one day I can sell these tricks .. have like my own thing where I travel from state to state sharing my oh-so-obvious-yet-simple-hence everyone will buy it-secrets --- a bit like those people with tips on how to become a millionaire in three days. Once you know these tricks you become bitter and you realise you're not surrounded by geniuses. I don't think you're all 'that' if you've scored a 160 in an IQ test. I think you are retarded for having mentioned such crap to me in the first place. (OR I'm just annoyed at having a really low IQ score myself .. I don't even fall inside that bell curve). I never liked standardized tests most probably because I was never really good at them. It's some stupid teenage syndrome about how these tests are of no real value and is a tool to boost up ego's of those who know how to memorise or can follow a pattern - a bit like monkeys- while the genuine people fall through the gap and never get anywhere in life. (I am in no way implying that I am one of those genuine people- but I have known people like that and only sticking up for them).

My eyes hurt and my brain too.

Also, Dr. Dallas liked his girls to wear nice skirts to the interview- no dress pants. Apparently that's sexist. I say that's the reality and if a bloody skirt gives that extra point (very similar to men wearing nice suits and going clean shaved) then why not take it. Anyone wanting a career in Medicine should migrate to Australia right away. I hear we have a shortage of doctors over here. Open up your GP's and make a whole bunch of money and buy your third car. But please-please-please don't think you're any more honest than a tax-evading businessman. Remember, you would never want a disease-free society because that'll heavily cut down on the number of cars you might want to own in the future. Anyone else see the irony in this?

(I must one day talk about the father's brother - possibly the only person I have seen in this profession whose bank balance is lower than my own).