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Imposter Syndrome is the feeling that you are in a certain position but don’t deserve to be. Someone made a mistake somewhere- you’re not as good as people think you are. You feel inadequate as a consequence of this belief. Even though there’s external evidence of your success (e.g. getting a job, getting good annual
I believe that grade inflation hurts everyone- admissions committees, faculty, and parents. But, most importantly, it hurts students. To understand why, we have to examine the purpose of grades and what grade inflation is. Why Grades? There are two types of assessments. Formative assessments are designed to provide feedback to the student so they know
The other day a work friend of mine and I were chatting about student loans and the current forbearance for student loans. They are working in academia partly to get Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which pays off all loans after 10 years of working for a qualifying charity or government organization. Unfortunately, they didn’t
I was on a friend’s video chat yesterday with people I generally enjoy speaking with, but are also a little bit much. They tend to talk over each other and everyone is accustomed to being the star of the show. This doesn’t bother me , as I am quiet by nature. But it could be
I have been religiously reading the White Coat Investor (WCI) blog for a few years now. The information I have learned there has guided a huge number of my personal and professional decisions. I now teach personal finance to the house officers and students who take an elective practice management rotation and have gotten positive
Interacting with other humans is hard. As a culture, we have a terrible time determining if someone is telling the truth or lying. The handshake originated as a way to determine that the other person doesn’t have a weapon they could use against you. In veterinary medicine, we will often shake hands when meeting someone
Some pretty good improvement in the past year! It looks like the search engines are sending people this way when they look for advice on applications, which is terrific. Three years ago, March 2019, I launched The Vetducator blog. A lot of blogs fold within a year or two, but I’m still writing and enthusiastic
All my professional life, I have ended up with more money at the end of the year than I started with. I didn’t really know why or what to do with this until I found Mr. Money Mustache. I have since become passionate about personal finance, and teach the vet students and house officers at
…But you can’t do EVERYTHING you want. I first heard this principle applied to high-income professionals with respect to their personal finances and I love it. I use it when I teach the senior vet students about personal finances. If you want, you can: 1) Live in LA, 2) Buy a new BMW, 3) Send
This is a guest post from a reader at ourbestfriends.pet who reached out to me recently. Since those who progress through veterinary medicine- especially going into advanced training- move so frequently, I thought it was a good topic. Going from undergrad, to vet school, to internship, to residency, to a faculty position usually involves at