Monday, September 13, 2010

Torture

Lunch with a few of my colleagues.

FK was slightly late, and was obviously in a hurry when she arrived, "Just finished with morning stuff - and there will be another three hours of that reinforcement course for me this afternoon."

"Poor, poor," we tried to calm her down. As a matter of fact, we all have some similar experience. Yes, it sounds brilliant to have a patient or two being examined in a peaceful environment. But, it would be a dreadful afternoon for that one or two patients. After all, what good is there when, for each student, most of the time was just sit there and observe and wait for their turn?

"We all know it's a waste of our time - and a torture to our patients. Can we do anything to change it?" One of us asked.

We all looked at LY, who happened to be the coordinator of third-year teaching in our department.

"Oh, don't look at me. I could do nothing," he explained, "You know, that bit is what they called faculty owned teaching. No department could change the arrangement."

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