“What do you mean?” I was slightly alarmed.
“I mean the brilliant students,” L remained
serious, “My friend, let’s face it: In spite of the effort that we put up for
the borderline students, all we achieve is having a handful of extra graduates
each year – as compare to doing nothing but terminate their study and kick them
out of the medical school. From a societal point of view, we may have saved a
small sum of taxpayers’ money, but we run the risk of allowing inappropriate
persons practice medicine!”
“Em… you may have a point, but we should
not discriminate borderline students.” I tried to speak for the other side.
“Alas, I suppose you know perfectly well
your argument doesn’t hold water,” he chuckled, “For obvious reasons a medical
school should provide an equal opportunity to each and every student – bright
ones as well as others who are slightly dense. But what we are now doing is
providing extra opportunities to the bottom layer. In other words, we are
discriminating against the crème de la crème – maybe our students as well. And,
I remind you, it is this small group of top students who are our future. Ten or
twenty years later they should be prolific researchers, eminent clinicians, or
holding key positions in the administration hierarchy. It is our responsibility
to find them out and nurture their strength. After all, this is to the
advantage of the medical school!”
I was speechless.
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Some of our great administrators, clinicians and professors were repeaters or borderline students. Their excellence stand out only when they can focus on their interests with full utilization of their strengths in their personality.
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