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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Lemme see your transcripts, Doc. I ain't trusting my life to anything less than an A+, honor roll student.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I've seen too many stupid A+ students who just memorise without actually understanding the material.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, the D people also doesn't understand but they can't even memorize it either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

True.

I mean, ideally you have the A+ people that studied well, understand everything and retain that knowledge after graduation. Plus a ton of experience in the field, social abilities to handle all kinds of patients and pedagogical knowledge to transfer the necessary knowledge to the patients.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Pray, tell, does anyone know how to read and understand a course material and pass an exam on it without memorising?

In today's world of abundant distractions, reading is hard enough, reading to understand while loading your brain with other interactions seems to be an insurmountable task.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am not a medical student, so this may be a stupid question, but if the study material is something like the name of each muscle in the body, what is there to understand and not just memorize?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago