Yale: Yale University... Making the Grade
Yale is a really great place. One of the many things that make it unique, aside from its beautiful, gothic architecture, fabulous and renowned professors, and great student body, is the residential college system (think: Harry Potter) which allows you to have the "small liberal arts college" feel in a larger setting. Besides, you have a Master (who's in charge of social activities) and a Dean (who's in charge of all the academics) who live with you in the residential college and are ther...

Emergency Medical Technician: Benefits and Drawbacks to Life as an EMT
This job is intense. Driving around at speeds one should not drive on populated city streets, while someone is dying in the back. Going up into dingy little apartments and finding a woman stabbed, a man having a heart-attack, or a child with a skull cracked wide open. Getting the trapped passengers out of a flipped over, burning car (without moving them!) before the fire department has arrived to quell the flames. When you call 911 with a medical emergency, it is the EMT’s who arrive. We have ...