@neophite Whaat, no, that’s an awesome dream!
Have you ever heard of Doctors Without Borders? It’s a non-prof which does exactly that.
If you end up going into medicine anyway, you could join up with them and follow your passion without necessarily being a hotshot prodigy neurosurgeon.
How about @ShatteredEyes stops making those posts, everybody else stops yelling at her, and we resume posting civil and non-condescending things about our experiences in the High School Class of 2019, like this thread is SUPPOSED TO DO.
We have until recently. Anyways, I am just excited to do something medical related
Doctors Without Borders is something I definitely want to do! Ever since I saw them on 60 minutes in middle school, I’ve wanted to join. @neophite @OMPursuit
@neophite I’m guessing by your post that you or your parents are Indian immigrants (correct me if I’m wrong!) I have (kind of?) the same connection to medicine because my parents are from Ghana, and I want to be a doctor to help people in Ghana and countries like it.
@OMPursuit @futuredoctoryang I’ve seen doctors without borders, and as futuredoc said, it is something that is on my to-do list of life.
@futuredoctoryang my mom moved to the us when she was 8 (both her parents were docs) and my dad moved here after college. They are both from india, and the reason I say india is because I have had first hand encounters with the poor, and know of the struggles there (plus, no communication barriers and family there).
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So, people are discussing (or maybe voting, idk) the TN Defense of Natural Marriage Act on Wednesday. That’ll be interesting. I was talking to my German teacher about it (he also teaches Gov) and I almost called the collective state of Tennessee an a**hole.
@awesomepolyglot Is it possible to be in favor of gay marriage but still support TN?
Yeah, I guess @LordBendtner Hopefully they’ll vote no to it. I’m not a huge fan of TN, myself; I’m asexual and therefore LGBTQ+, so what I’m not doing is an abomination (?) and so many people have that attitude. The state would lose about 8.5 billion dollars, too.
@awesomepolyglot For me it’s more about states vs fed
True, but for me it’s about civil rights. Revoking the right to marriage is kind of like a teacher moving up a test or project.
@awesomepolyglot I share the same opinion on the situation, but can you explain your comparison?
Anybody who moves the due date for a project forward is a jerk. Anybody who revokes civil rights is a jerk. Jerk = jerk, so by the transitive (I think) property, moving due dates forward = revoking civil rights. LOL, math.
@awesomepolyglot I think we should just take government out of marriage
@LordBendtner Yes. Except for the benefits and insurance stuff associated with it.
I do believe that religion should be separated from government, but being with the one you love is a civil right. Black rights were declared civil rights and are protected due to a supreme court ruling. Marriage falls under their rights, so gay marriage should be allowed. I do not understand why people are so disgusted about seeing gay people get married. It is so stupid.
I realize that I am implying that marriage is a religious thing. That is a debate for another day…
I will not continue any of what was said before, as it is irrelevant.
Okay so I’m not very informed about the gay marriage thing. What I do know is: in the constitution, it was stated that marriage should be taken care by the state. Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t this mean that it’s technically unconstitutional to declare gay marriage legal nationwide? Did they make any amendments for this to happen?
States have primary power, but the Supreme Court also has a ton of power – including judicial review. A law can be declared unconstitutional by the court(s)(idk if all courts have the power). “All men are created equal”, therefore prohibiting same-sex marriage can be seen as unconstitutional. Plus, you would be conflicting religion with work/government, which is what we should refrain from.
lol I wish I were half the good debaters you guys are! I can debate at your level about fishkeeping, basketball, classes/teachers, and that’s basically it. None of the important stuff :((
I see. Thank you. Ugh I will take today the biggest and hardest test I will have taken up until now. I swear imma fail :((