<p>Could even figure out our home address? Ouch! I have not got my child’s permission to talk about him yet. I care more about mistakenly disclosing “his secret” than my own secret.</p>
<p>Got my Sunday call. It was a good one. 
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<p>Remember our recent conversation about how tough surgery rotation was and how some students were “mis-treated”? </p>
<p>This is a day to reflect on my daughter’s good fortune in having: </p>
<p>A high school academic mentor that yelled, threw erasers, and “hated all the girls”.
A high school coach that chewed nails for breakfast to be able to spit shrapnel at practice.
A UG with a curriculum that made her read and write well and often, about things outside her comfort zone. Even nerdy science majors.
A UG where she couldn’t hide in a crowd.
A research mentor that tasked her early and then often with great responsibilties. </p>
<p>People that demanded a lot from her and then gave her everything they had in return. </p>
<p>So, what’s the news? Well, my daughter reported today that she loved her surgery rotation so much it wasn’t even like work. That she was so excited that she doesn’t like leaving, afraid she’ll miss something cool. Oh, it’s hard and she’s dog tired. The surgeons are pushing her. Expecting a lot and she is responding under pressure as she has been trained all her life to respond under pressure. She’s using her physical stamina and mental toughness, and it’s taking a lot of it. lol </p>
<p>She is in her element and she knows it. </p>
<p>" ‘If you find what you love to do, and do that, well…you’ll never work a day in your life.’ Right, Dad?" Well, honey. That’s what they say. I just didn’t know it was true. I was just repeating it because it sounded good. I sure hope it is true. ;)</p>
<p>Sign me, A Very Thankful Dad</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Heartwarming! </p>
<p>lol…my kids’ school had a teacher who threw erasers; he also threw something out a window once and broke the window of a parked car. :(</p>
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<p>Very cool! I’m very happy for her and you. :)</p>
<p>We were all thrilled when D knew, though it took her longer…</p>
<p>Excellent report, Curm!</p>
<p>We will see where it takes her but dang. That felt good.</p>
<p>Wonderful news Curm, but it can’t be a shocker. You and everybody here knows you have a great daughter. :)</p>
<p>Terrific news! Isn’t it a wonderful feeling knowing your kid has found her passion?</p>
<p>My kid is finishing her 5th week in the surgical rotation and is loving it but most likely will not go into surgery. Her reasons at this time are: she would get bored going into a surgical specialty and doing the same thing all the time so she would prefer general surgery except she “wants a life”.</p>
<p>^^^Your D’s reasoning and my D1’s sound remarkably the same.</p>
<p>Curm, Glad to hear that your D has found her passion in a particular field.</p>
<p>Last time I heard it, Montessori adopts a very hands-on approach to educate young children. You have made a right choice while she was in elementary school after all. I should have sent DS to a Montessori. (I did not send DS there but gave him a lot of opportunity to play with all kinds of toys – especially blocks and Legos while he was young – the toys were all over the floor and I stepped on his toys more than once. Does this count as semi-Montessori? I heard Montessori is all about bringing up children’s passion for doing anything.)</p>
<p>For a record, there was some short period of time when his passion is video game. In college, he could beat all of his suitemates on Mario Kart even though he had not played that particular game for years. I am not sure about the education value of playing video games though.</p>
<p>So very excited! D2 just emailed to say she’ll be presenting at the annual meeting of the Society for Biological Psychiatry. She’s writing her abstract right now.</p>
<p>Nice, congrats to her!</p>
<p>Crum, awesome that she found her thing! I know what that means, I had to switch in my 30s, could not stand doing what I was doing. Your are right, I have never worked since then, just pure joy of playing and accidently getting paid for it…
Happy for your D.!
I hope mine will have some idea in a year or so…</p>
<p>WOWMom,</p>
<p>Congrats to your D.</p>
<p>MiamiDAP, Since when Curm, who is taller than 6 feet. all of a sudden becomes a small piece of bread/cookies?! (I know it is just a typo :))</p>
<p>mcat2,
I am really bad and I never see my mistakes, so your comment went way over my head…sorry! But the worst is that if I am corrected, I still do the same mistakes, no memory,…gone with the wind…</p>
<p>My daughter was expecting to hate the surgery rotation based on what her classmates had said about it, but she loved it. That being said, a number of doctors (I have lots of them) have said that women and surgery do not work out well - a conclusion that my daughter has come to during this rotation.</p>
<p>MiamiDAP, You do know I am just joking, right? Regarding memory, I notice my short-term memory becomes worse as the years go by. I just hope it will not go down too fast :(</p>
<p>I have no idea whether DS will like surgery. My gut feeling is likely not. I think he never likes a hectic life, or a life that is under a lot of pressure. I think he is very good at hand-eyes coordidation (likely due to years of playing video game and music instruments), but does not like stand up too long. I thought a surgeon needs to stand for many many hours every day.</p>
<p>I sure hope they are on their feet all the time. All the surgeons wear one brand of shoes and they are the ugliest shoes I’ve ever seen. I assume they are for comfort.</p>
<p>Have a friend who is a urologist/kidney transplant specialist. He gives all his residents a pair of Red Wing waterproof duck boots as a welcome gift since they typically end up standing in 2-6 inches of water by end of the surgery.</p>
<p>Our thoracic surgeon friend calls the urologist and his residents “the guys with the urine in their shoes”…</p>