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    Doctor In kindergarten‚ my class was asked‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Crayons danced across sheets of paper to illustrate our dream occupations. Our drawings were hung in the hallway for our parents to see at Back to School Night. I remember looking down the line and seeing pictures of ballerinas dancing‚ firefighters putting out a blaze‚ and astronauts leaping across the moon‚ careers that were seen as typical dreams of five year olds. My picture showed a girl throwing a ball

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    to the impractical dreams of becoming president of the United States‚ transforming into a superhero‚ or playing alongside professional athletes. These were all big ideas and aspirations that fueled our carefree childhoods‚ and were appropriate practice for shaping the paths to our true passions we discover later on in our lives; particularly in high school. High school is where teenagers are able experiment and begin to understand themselves as individuals‚ rather than what everybody else likes to

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    Becoming a Doctor

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    Many people think that becoming a doctor is difficult. Others have some sense that becoming a physician takes many years and is expensive. Most people realize that being a physician is difficult yet rewarding. All these people are correct. Becoming a physician is a long‚ arduous‚ expensive process that can only be accomplished with great dedication. Before starting the process of becoming a physician (or any profession) you must do some honest soul searching. First of all you must be aware of

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    Becoming a doctor…well‚ that is no easy task. Metaphorically‚ it’s a love or hate situation. Before you decide to enter the field‚ you need to make sure you have the qualities of being a doctor‚ which are to be very personable‚ willing to help other people‚ passionate‚ determined‚ hard worker‚ and devoted to your job. One thing that immediately eliminates a lot of people from considering this field is the sight of blood. You have to make sure you can be able to see that‚ in order to even think about

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    With doctors being too quick to go to prescription drugs‚ they do not fully consider long-term‚ and broader impacts for each and every patient. To not automatically accede to drug requests; consider nonadherence before adding drugs to the picture‚ avoid restarting previously unsuccessful drug treatment‚ discontinue treatment with unneeded medications‚ and respect patients’ reservations about drugs. This includes patients and doctors realizing a person’s health is better served by positive lifestyle

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    2 December 2014  Professional Athletes vs Doctors  Professional athletes have an overwhelming role in todays society. These “heroes” are  the idols of many young athletes and appreciated across the country by others of a widely  varied age group. However‚ the purpose of these professional athletes is to entertain avid  sports fans. While this is a pretty dominant role in todays society it shouldn’t be as dominant  as the role of a doctor. The role of doctors is often overlooked by many. Doctors are also 

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    Professional Athletes

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    Professional athletes get paid way too much - by Debate.org Thank you to whoever accepts my debate Let me start off... Professional athletes get paid way too much. Here are some statistics on the salaries of pro athletes. Profession Average salary (per year) Minimum starting salary : Basketball player $2.2 million $220‚000 Baseball player $1.37 million $109‚000 Hockey player $892‚000 $125‚000 Football player $795‚000 $131‚000 In contrast • The average pay for classroom teachers in

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    Professional Athletes

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    Many professional athletes and entertainers get paid far more than most of today’s doctors and veterinarians. It makes it seem like their positions are better than a doctor’s or teacher’s position. It upsets many of the workers who try to insure health‚ education‚ and agriculture. It can also put low-salary workers to shame. I disagree with the athletes’ and entertainers’ high salary because it makes them seem more important than other professional workers‚ it makes them richer than other professional

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    MD‚a‚b‚c Francis B. Mimouni‚ MD‚c‚d Shaul Dollberg‚ MD‚a‚c Ram Reifen‚ MD‚e Gina Ashbel‚ RN‚a and Dror Mandel‚ MDa‚c Departments of aNeonatology and bPediatrics‚ Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center‚ Tel Aviv‚ Israel; cSackler School of Medicine‚ Tel Aviv University‚ Tel Aviv‚ Israel; dPediatrics‚ Shaare Zedek Medical Center‚ Jerusalem‚ Israel; and eFaculty of Agriculture‚ Food and Environment‚ Hebrew University‚ Jerusalem‚ Israel KEY WORDS metabolic rate‚ music‚ preterm infants‚ energy expenditure

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    Becoming An ER Doctor

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    Becoming a ER doctor takes lot of time and hard work. I know that journey will be very long and I am willing to do it. To earn a bachelor’s degree there is no required major but there are few classes that needs to be taken in order to get into medical school. Especially science related courses. In order to get into medical school I need to take MCAT. Once I finish MCAT steps for becoming ER doctor includes: obtaining a Doctor of Medicine degree‚ obtaining a license to practice medicine‚ completing

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