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Sat 20 Oct, 2007 08:42 am
Would you want Sophie Currier as YOUR doctor?
by bigjolly | 09/12/2007 6:34 am | Alert moderator
Call it what you want - an entitlement mentality, political correctness, liberalism is a mental disorder or just plain stupidity - but at some point, our society needs to recognize that we have entirely too much litigation going on.
A new mother who wants extra breaks so she can pump milk during a nine-hour medical licensing exam has asked a judge to settle her dispute with the board that administers the test.
Sophie Currier, 33, requested additional break time during the test, saying that if she does not nurse her 4-month-old daughter, Lea, or pump breast milk every two to three hours, she risks medical complications.
The exam allows a total of just 45 minutes in breaks, and the National Board of Medical Examiners has refused to give Currier the extra time she says she needs.
"If we are variable in the time that's allotted to trainees, we alter the performance of the examination," board spokeswoman Dr. Ruth Hoppe said.
Before you say, hmm, maybe it is reasonable to accommodate her request, read on.
She has been granted permission to take the test over two days instead of one, but is seeking an additional 60-minute break on each day.
That's right, she's already been given a huge break by the board. But that isn't enough - is it ever enough? Apparently not. Read on.
Currier, who lives Brookline, Mass., also has a 22-month-old son, Theo, and has already received special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act for dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The article didn't mention what those "special accommodations" were. What could they be? The Boston Globe provides a little more detail.
Sophie Currier made it through MIT ?- brilliantly ?- in part because the school paid other students to read books to her and share their class notes.
By the time she was in graduate school, MIT provided computers that scanned books and read them aloud to Currier; she was also allowed extra time on exams.
She made it throught "brilliantly" because the school paid people to read to her and more importantly, give her their class notes. And gave her extra time on tests.
I don't know Sophie Currier and I'm certain that she's a smart person. But where does this nonsense end? Let's hope she sticks to her plans to be a researcher and doesn't interact directly with patients.
Can you imagine what would happen if she were in an operating room performing a vasectomy on you and her "attention disorder" caused her to snip the wrong thing?
Lonestar Times
Didn't you complain about her on another topic?
Breast feeding her baby during the medical boards.
Re: Would You Want This Woman as Your Doctor?
Miller wrote:Let's hope she sticks to her plans to be a researcher and doesn't interact directly with patients.
Can you imagine what would happen if she were in an operating room performing a vasectomy on you and her "attention disorder" caused her to snip the wrong thing?
Yeah, but she is planning to be a researcher.
That's like, "This deaf guy is planning to be an airplane mechanic, but can you imagine if he were flying the plane and he couldn't hear messages on the headphones and crashed the plane??"
I still don't know enough to decide what I think about this case. On the one hand, I can't stand to see the ADA weakened by being used for trivial reasons. On the other hand, I can't stand to see a backlash against the ADA, which is often a lifesaver for people with disabilities.
and they think liberals are whiners.
...and thank goodness Stephen Hawking was helped to develop his
brilliant mind.
People who have overcome a disability, regardless of its nature, and
excelled in whatever they've chosen to do, should be applauded. IF
they need a little help along the way, so be it!
what cj said : YES !
at one of our supermarkets is a cahier who is VERY hard of hearing - i happen to know - , but she is also the most helpful and cheerful cashier in the store .
if she's there , i always go to her register - if nothing else , we always exchange some smiles !
hbg
hamburger wrote:what cj said : YES !
at one of our supermarkets is a cahier who is VERY hard of hearing - i happen to know - , but she is also the most helpful and cheerful cashier in the store .
if she's there , i always go to her register - if nothing else , we always exchange some smiles !
hbg
I personally like going to the Bank Teller who can't count to 10...
Yes, because you're at the same level, Miller.
However in the case of this women, she's highly intelligent, just
has physical disabilities that make it difficult for her to utilize her brain power to the maximum. With the help of others, she's able to do so.
Quote:I personally like going to the Bank Teller who can't count to 10...
the guys delivering the sacks of coal had their own way of counting to ten :
"i've got the ten sacks of coal you ordered . 10-9-8-7-6 and 4 makes ten ... o.k. lady ? i'll pour them right down the chute . that's just 10 bucks . thank you and good-bye ! nice doing business with you ! " . :wink:
hbg
The tellers in the Boston area know two words, "Duh" and "Wah".
I went to one teller to deposit a check and before I could hand her the money, she slapped a big sign up in her window saying
"Closed"!. I went to the next teller, who was actively sorting candy suckers at her window. When she saw me, she said "I'm too busy"!
I then went to the 3rd and final teller, who said "Wah" , so I handed him the money and after he was finished, he handed me a receipt and said, "Duh""...
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