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I'm not sure what college these docs went to - sick of them all


Posted: Jun 08, 2015

But I noticed when my son graduated from college, it was a mid range college in no way an ivy league school, that he spoke very intelligent, used correct grammar, and actually formed correct sentences. I made mention to him, that in listening to his friends talk, I was VERY impressed and happy they actually learned something in school..He said, "I don't see why, that's what they teach us in college, this isn't high school anymore mom." I'm just not hearing it out of these doctors. Long gone are the professional sounding reports I used to type, it's very sad and reflects poorly on our entire medical system. And I by no means am a Miss goody good grammar queen, I have the mouth of a "sailor" as they say, no disprect intended, just using the phrase. I do think that things like permanent records should be dictated and maintained in a strictly professional manner.


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