Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird, Eli said later. It's like she thinks I'm a freak or s...
It was the fact that they tried so hard that doomed them.
Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.
Simpson calculated that if an inpatient nurse sees an average of even just four patients during a twelve-hour shift, in twenty years she will care for more than 11,000 patients and families. A clinic...
There might be some residue in my mouth, but if I can breathe from my nasal passage, the air won’t come from my mouth or my diaphragm.
He didn't realize that simply by mingling among various lunch tables, he was befriending people in different crowds, weaving together the fringes of the cafeteria.
Awkwardness defines my life.
In high school, Jake and Arjun had been straight A students who were heavily involved in school activities and did not party.
No matter who initiated these activities, the good boys in each chapter didn't stop them from happening. Objectification of women and tolerance of racism are massive problems in fraternity culture at...
Teenage drinking has been declining since 1999, but students vastly overestimate their classmates' use of alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes. For example, a study conducted at a Midwestern high school whe...
Too many parents fail to understand that there is a difference between fitting in and being liked, that there is a difference between being normal and being happy. High school is temporary. Family is...
Groups satisfy our brain's natural inclination to make sense of hordes of people we encounter and observe. This quality is so inherent that children intuitively understand the need to form groups with...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, male nurses ride the glass escalator; although they are in the minority, they receive higher wages and faster promotions than women in the same jobs.
I love my job, and I hope people find comfort in knowing there are still people out there who love what they do. —a New York acute care nurse
Another potential reason for BGLO's better treatment of women is that at predominately whites colleges, black fraternity members feel more accountable. Black fraternity men, and many black students, c...
Wish I could start a revolution for ER nurses specifically; we are the rock stars of nursing, but are treated like the red-headed bastard stepchild. —a North Carolina ER nurse
If there is a single factor that spells out the difference between the cafeteria fringe headed for greatness and those doomed for low self-worth, even more than a caring teacher or a group of friends,...
Being indie means being artistic and finding your own eccentric identity. The name of the game for being an indie kid is to never admit you are one. If you do, it goes against your beliefs against lab...
A St. Louis oncology nurse quoted Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl to States News Service in 2012: ‘What is to give light must endure burning.’ I think people who care for others und...
When Department of Health and Human Services administrators decided to base 30 percent of hospitals' Medicare reimbursement on patient satisfaction survey scores, they likely figured that transparency...
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