Jan 04 Chapter 1 : Lessons From The Petri Dish: In Praise of Smart Cells and Smart Students

Filed under Biology of Belief, Book Excerpts

Trouble in Paradise On my second day in the Caribbean, as I stood in front of over a hundred visibly on-edge medical students, I suddenly realized that not everyone viewed the island as a laid-back refuge. For these nervous students, Montserrat was not a peaceful escape but a last-ditch chance to realize their dreams of becoming doctors. My class was geographically homogenous, mostly American students from the East Coast, but there were all races and