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    SMH - Rate my teachers headline article

    Haha i never said it was part of the argument, I'm just too lazy to start another thread to bask in my own narcissism :) So you're saying we've all been conned and they can take our rights to free speech away at anytime? :eek: Well that sucks. Against public naming and shaming, and...
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    Science & Cruelty to animals

    Care for one's kin and recipricocity don't necessarily mean a lack of cruelty or ruthlessness - these aren't mutually exclusive ideas. The most bloodthirsty serial killer can love his mother. That doesn't change the fact that he is a bloodthirsty serial killer. Also, can't we see conducting...
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    SMH - Rate my teachers headline article

    Apologies for double posting Incidentally, found this on the BoS front page: Expert to develop performance-based pay 12 June 2007 http://www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Bishop/2007/06/B001120607.asp So there you go, steps in the right direction. Although it remains to be seen whether the...
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    SMH - Rate my teachers headline article

    Late reply - been busy... PC you seem to have a deepset hatred for that site, any conflicts of interest or personal interests that you would like to disclose? It was hardly my point that the site was credible, but it's a step in the right direction towards having a performance rating system...
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    Science & Cruelty to animals

    meh, get the idea that humans are cruel and ruthless by basic nature into your head and you'll drop all these notions of animal ethics and the like. face it, if you believe in evolution then humans haven't come all this way by being nice to animals. we're probably the nastiest predators around.
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    Dentistry , a lil help ^^

    Re: GU's "dentistry" & "pharmacy" courses : * important for future applicants * ahah GU dental clinic actually charges patients for student work? my goodness. i wouldn't pay for student work :eek:
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    SMH - Rate my teachers headline article

    I hope you guys that are still in the school system have seen this... http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/02/1177788228075.html which refers to this: http://au.ratemyteachers.com/ I am concerned by this silencing of students and parents to protect crappy "teachers" and...
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    Upmyself Medical Drama

    not everyone can be a social whore like you bob! =P that being said, i need to go hang out more with my peepz... =(
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    What text books?

    Cunninghams Dissection Manuals Volumes 1-3 >_> It's actually a brilliant book, just impossibly hard to understand, but the pictures are good =O
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    Questiosn baout studying Med. USyd or UNSW

    PBL... the quality of your sessions can vary quite dramatically depending on your tutor as they may go to varying lengths to "facilitate". Even though tutors are meant to only facilitate learning ie not directly teach you anything, you will definitely find that those who know more and have more...
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    Bios1101

    haha botany thats the one thing i shall NEVER miss. hmmm your time table actually fit? back in the day when i did B.Com/B.Sc i had a chem lecture in heffron at 9 then had bio lab at 10 in biomed... that was fun... not
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    What do you prefer?

    web classes... if ur referring to recorded lectures and stuff much easier to keep up and clarify things if u tune out
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    Bios1101

    nah that was me n my fellow class mates in human dissection sawing thru the head of mandible and the zygomatic arches
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    degrees worth less than toilet paper...

    wasnt that bad... 70 something avg didnt fail anything at least i did get up to partner interview stage in a late intake PWC app, but i guess im just not outgoing nuff + lacked the CA LEGT subjects... and as for the main round intakes... well... my application form answers were honest to...
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    What is this bs about graduate salaries?

    of course unless you die early from a worsening dental abscess due to stuffed teeth actually truth is, people from 1000 years ago might have had better teeth than some of us since they didnt have a lot of the refined sugars that cause dental decay... go figure in that same vein, we can...
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