Does this child come from a conservative family or a liberal one? Can you even tell?
Myths About the Liberal Family
19 Saturday May 2012
Posted Liberal Parenting, Politics As Usual
in19 Saturday May 2012
Posted Liberal Parenting, Politics As Usual
inDoes this child come from a conservative family or a liberal one? Can you even tell?
13 Sunday May 2012
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99%, american dream, barriers, education, nontraditional premedical students, stupid poor people, white middle class privilege
So I am in the process of applying to medical school. For those of you unfamiliar with the process, this is done through a central application service. For the most part, it is easy. Fill out your application, get your professors and a few professionals to submit letters on your behalf, sign up for your MCAT, and click on the box telling medical schools whether you are disadvantaged or not.
11 Friday May 2012
Posted Way Too Personal for a Blog
inAs I get ready to apply to medical school, I look with a certain amount of woe at my transcripts and wish I had done just a little better.
The popular wisdom among pre-medical students is that admissions committees don’t want to hear about your kids. There is an inherent bias against non-traditional students. The Very Good Reason for this is that non-trads are not as likely to succeed. And medical schools are all about choosing the students who are most likely to succeed.
So there have been times when I could have stayed up later. Times when I played in the snow instead of doing homework.
11 Friday May 2012
Posted Book Reviews, Politics As Usual
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99%, american dream, barbara ehrenreich, bright-sided, poor shaming, positive thinking, unemployment, white middle class privilege
Who is happier than a loved child? There was a time when it was so easy to be positive. I showed up at the table and meals miraculously were produced; my clothing appeared folded in my drawers a few days after I threw it in the hamper (or in my case, more likely on the floor).
18 Wednesday Apr 2012
Posted Uncategorized
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I am a mother of five, a student in a very challenging occupational path, and very, very poor.
My husband and I had the American dream, and we lost it in days. Now we are struggling to climb out of poverty. The realities of poverty are incomprehensible by people who have never lived it, but I hope I can raise awareness by blogging from the wrong side of the economic divide.
Due to my busy life, I am known for starting projects like this without completing them; here’s hoping this is not another abandoned and forgotten blog.