20 minutes? They are going through all this hassle over 20 minutes for her to pump? They need to get their priorities straight...

It's this kind of thing that has caused me to postpone childbearing until after graduation.
But I guess she had no choice but to get pregnant in the middle of med school.

I can but shake my head and a) continue to thank chance that I'm not female and b) mourn a lost pre-organised religious world of morality that celebrated women as the mother of our children. Instead, a couple thousand years later we're still paying for the legacy of women as sinners and whores that religious doctrines have left us.

I got nothing against titties or the beverages women can produce. Hell, my favorite shot, the Fun Bag, features human breast milk...

... but can't she just pump while she's taking care of other bodily functions? Two birds, one stone? I think this is exactly what Jesus would do.

On the other hand, I'm sure the other students wouldn't mind an extra 20-minute break!

Uh, would you want to feed your child something prepared while you were taking a piss or a shit? That is not only disgusting, it's also extremely unhygienic.

You do realize that it takes a minimum of about 11 years to become a physician... should life be completely put on hold during this time? Especially since it is common knowledge that a woman's fertility begins to decrease at age 25, and gets lower every year after. Not to mention that it would probably be easier to deal with night feedings and such while still in school, with a somewhat regular schedule, then while completing residency, or after becoming a full fledged doctor, with screwed up hours, and being on call...

What a ridiculous and judgemental thing to say.

Well, I mean if she actually wanted to HAVE kids yes.
In north america the amount of time it takes to become a dr. is REDICULOUS! I'm sorry it should NOT take 10 years to become a Dr. I have been informed that our friends across the ocean in places like india and the UK have shorter amounts of time to become a Dr. That said, it could also use to have alot less "class room" time and more practical work aswell. I am sure we could shorten the whole thing by removing courses that have nothing to do with their profession, like maths and basic sciences, make their courses teach the math and basic science portions that they need within themselves etc.


I hate our schooling system, can't you tell?

so what are the guide lines for special circumstances for bodily functions? I have to [any number of things] how do we respect everyone. Is it not the american way to demand more in light of what others get? How do you flat standard and accomidate all no matter what gender the needs they have?

I agree though, whats a pause, in the standard time it takes her to do her test? As long as her time is equal with all the others in total amount. Though everyone else should then get a boidly function break that they can take at any time during the test. Thats fair for everyone. Of course this is exculding the manditory break in the middle of the test. Though this only covers a normal smaller period of time, there would have to be second functions like chronic pants shitting. I imagine that would really skew a persons focus.

thats how I would do it

whatever clinda..she should just do the responsible thing and have her kids when she's retired.

whoa, what a crazy glitch!

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Still waiting for somebody to say how much break time they were allotted during the 9 hour test. If there was only, say 20 or 30 minutes break time altogether, then fine, give her an extra break. But if there was more like an hour of scheduled break time, then that should be plenty of time to do her business.

I'll laugh if she fails the test anyway =p

Yeah, everyone knows you should be able to do whatever you want all the time with no consequences.