sinking further down
So today was the first day of 2nd year of medical school
The most exciting portion of an otherwise quite boring day of orientation was the realization that Harry Potter has truly warped the minds of this country. MY MEDICAL SCHOOL HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO HOUSES. Sure, they call them "educational societies" but they aren't fooling anybody. These societies are arbitrary divisions in the school that lump people from all four years together. Sorting hats being hard to come by, they do it alphabetically, but the wiff of wizardly influence is still unmistakable. I'm in the "Keen Society" named after Dr. William Williams Keen, famous for secretly operating on President Grover Cleveland on a yacht. ( http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/archives/collections/finding_aids/keen.html )
During the first ever meeting of the Keen society I of course immediately moved that we change the name to "Gryffindor" but apparently this isn't allowed. While others of my societal brothers and sisters discussed things like service projects and study aids and other useless things I gathered my courage again and insisted that we at least have a mascot and fighting colors. This was somewhat more favorably received, and initial proposals for a fighting winged donkey were popular. However, some elements objected to the Democratic implications, so I may have to settle for a fighting winged horse, or perhaps a fighting winged mule.
Of course, what would be best would be if I could think of some animal that has "Keen" in it's name, or could be related to Keenes...somehow....
This is, of course, a thinly veiled attempt by the alumni office to create another reason to get us misty eyed and contribute money later on. However, if I can get a proper mascot going it will be worth the additional solicitation. Oh, and by the way, that Gross society? (named after Dr. Gross) they think they are all special and whatever because their doctor is in a famous painting. ( http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/167.html ) Hah! I say, they're no match for the as-yet-unspecified-flying-fighting-equine! Why...Dr. Gross didn't even believe in sterility... And I don't see any secret presidential operations at sea on HIS resume. We'll show them. We rule.
The most exciting portion of an otherwise quite boring day of orientation was the realization that Harry Potter has truly warped the minds of this country. MY MEDICAL SCHOOL HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO HOUSES. Sure, they call them "educational societies" but they aren't fooling anybody. These societies are arbitrary divisions in the school that lump people from all four years together. Sorting hats being hard to come by, they do it alphabetically, but the wiff of wizardly influence is still unmistakable. I'm in the "Keen Society" named after Dr. William Williams Keen, famous for secretly operating on President Grover Cleveland on a yacht. ( http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/archives/collections/finding_aids/keen.html )
During the first ever meeting of the Keen society I of course immediately moved that we change the name to "Gryffindor" but apparently this isn't allowed. While others of my societal brothers and sisters discussed things like service projects and study aids and other useless things I gathered my courage again and insisted that we at least have a mascot and fighting colors. This was somewhat more favorably received, and initial proposals for a fighting winged donkey were popular. However, some elements objected to the Democratic implications, so I may have to settle for a fighting winged horse, or perhaps a fighting winged mule.
Of course, what would be best would be if I could think of some animal that has "Keen" in it's name, or could be related to Keenes...somehow....
This is, of course, a thinly veiled attempt by the alumni office to create another reason to get us misty eyed and contribute money later on. However, if I can get a proper mascot going it will be worth the additional solicitation. Oh, and by the way, that Gross society? (named after Dr. Gross) they think they are all special and whatever because their doctor is in a famous painting. ( http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/167.html ) Hah! I say, they're no match for the as-yet-unspecified-flying-fighting-equine! Why...Dr. Gross didn't even believe in sterility... And I don't see any secret presidential operations at sea on HIS resume. We'll show them. We rule.