i got worst
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posted by catherine / August 02, 2004 / 
i've been doing some studying for the GRE this weekend and was feeling increasingly worse about my likely score. then, i read this sample GRE essay responding to a question about if we need more specialists or generalists in society today:
I disagree with the statement about specialists, we need specialists who take individual areas and specialize. A generalists can pinpoint a problem. He or she cannot determine the magnitude of the problem. A specialist can find the root of the problem. When he or she has years working in that specific field. For example, when i got sick i went to a doctor. He did blood work, x-ray, talk to me, ect. He prescribed me a medicine. I got worst. So i decided to go another doctor. Now, i am doing great. A specialist knows the facts right away. Otherwise, it will take longer or not at all.
this essay, not surprisingly, was scored a 1 (out of 6). but it makes me feel so good to read it. if there are barely literate people taking the GRE out there, then i'm not going to be the absolute worst!
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I hate it when my patients get worst even after I talk to them.
i esp like the fact that they abbreviated et cetera, ect.
and even spelled the freaking abbreviation wrong. etc. not ect.
Um, I think that was her point. To be fair to the author, though, this is a way higher level of achievement than we would see with the vast majority of our patients if they were asked to write a similar statement. One of our diabetics asked me the other day, "Now what exactly is a cardodehydrate?"
ah yes, i have a problem of not reading comments through all the way to the end
scott, if you have time to post here, then you have time on your own blog.
and yes, that is what i meant.
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