Thursday, June 1, 2023

On Systems Of Hyper-Discipline Comments

Rating: 5.0

- - -after reading WARP SPEED by Anais Vionet, a pre-med undergrad, in which she contemplates the challenges of following a career path laid out by her mother (a true tiger mom) . These challenges include an upcoming two-month summer internship, during which she will 'shadow' her mentor, who is a prominent neuro-surgeon
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EVEN though it's doable, you're letting yourself in for a pretty formidable undertaking. All that knowledge you'll acquire will amplify your reach like a cyborg, maybe like a power-assisted exoskeleton. It's good to get a sense of who the undifferentiated you is, while you're still pour-able.
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Denis Mair
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Tom Mair 02 June 2023

I wrote a comment but I believe it was too long. Instead I will post my comment as my first poem on poemhunter.

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anais vionet 01 June 2023

I never thought of my mom as a 'tiger mom' - too funny

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anais vionet 01 June 2023

The comments came together, as a piece, surprisingly well. Hey, I see you have a 5-star rating, that's amazing - wow - yea you! *clapping*

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