I have been exiled in my room the past couple of days, studying biostats and preparing myself for defeat. So I'd appreciate it if we didn't dwell on the present (or the grim future).
Let's instead look back to Friday, a time before I'd realized how little I knew of biostatistics, a day when Grant (that's Doc McDarty to the rest of you) 'darted' a patient for the first time, thereby shooting him high up on my list of fascinating peoples of 2009 (two can play at this game, Barb). Take a moment now and let the significance of that sink in: Stuck a tranquilizer. Into another person. Stealthily. Like a ninja. Or a zookeeper. As a part of his day job. As a part of my day job, I graph things in Excel and use my TI-86.
But I digress. Freaky Friday. The best part wasn't even Grant, but getting my econ test back. Not because I'm an econ rock star (or even did well), but because I have the best TAs ever. In my test booklet, I had written pleadingly for them to grade mercifully "not for me, but do it for Grandmama Lee." When I got the booklet back, on the one question that I had gotten full credit, a TA wrote "Well done! G-mama Lee will be proud." Best education moment. Ever.
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