Doctoring 101

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Once more through the portal, once more into the fray, once more into Navaan's crazy world. If nothing else, perhaps the students were learning more about the kind of world that could produce a being such as their teacher.

Sadly, there was no carnival today when they walked through the portal. Instead, they were back at Navaan's house, though luckily, they landed outside of the swamp. Looks like you were due for a regular class. Not normal, no. Never normal. But Navaan's version of regular, yup. "So, last week, we were gonna get to doctoring, but I think we can all agree that the carnival was more important. Doctoring is a highly stressful job, what with all the excitement and danger, so it's important to take some time out to relax. However, this week is a holy week for my little guys, so they're not in their monastery anymore. They've all gone to a casino to perform the rituals and try to earn enough money to keep their temple going for another year."

They were monks who worshiped the god of luck. Going to a casino for a high holiday just made sense if you thought about it.

"But don't worry, we still have patients to diagnose and treat!" Because Navaan knew you lot would be worried about that. "In fact, these guys are even better than my little guys, because they're you can try out new cutting-edge treatments and they'll still be fine even if they don't work!" She whistled and twelve...creatures...walked out of the front door. They were featureless and lumpy, like someone had smushed together hairy chunks of mud into a vaguely humanoid figures. "These guys are shapeshifters! They're great, because they can look like anything you want 'em to. My friend Grier, who hates fun, once got one to look like a voluptuous woman with a sack of gold for a head!"

"Yeah," one of the shapeshifters sighed. "I never did get paid for that job. Stupid village."

"Aren't villages the worst?" Navaan sympathized. "Anyway, students, each of you is gonna get a shapeshifter with a medical issue. Your job is to diagnose the problem and then come up with a medical solution. I want to see creativity here, too. You're training to be a doctor! that means creativity! Some doctors might be happy toiling in obscurity, using ancient methods that have been passed down for generations, but not us! We're at the forefront of medical technology! We're pushing the boundaries and coming up with new treatments. So I don't wanna hear any boring medicines or practices here. I want exciting new ones! Go!"

Better Living Through Chemistry [Thursday, July 24, 2014]

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"Okay," Ben said, looking out the window at the thunderstorm clouds building up, "today's not exactly as hot as I was planning for when I decided to do this, but I've also never found a day it was too cold to eat ice cream in, so I'm sure it'll be fine."

He held up a metal cannister proudly. "Today we're making ice cream with liquid nitrogen, which is totally fun." He led the class through mixing cream, half and half, and sugar in a bowl until the sugar dissolved. "Now add whatever flavors you want," he said. "There's stuff for chocolate, strawberry, vanilla--and then mix-in for after the ice cream is frozen if you want cookies and cream or whatever."

Ben took his ice cream seriously.

"Now put on your goggles and grab your liquid nitrogen cannisters," he said, "and pour slowly while stirring."

Instant ice cream! Isn't science awesome, guys?

APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR FALL 2014

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We interupt your ComicConning, your obessively refreshing your Tumblr because you're not ComicConning, or your delightful summer (or winter: hi, Bron!) plans to announce that applications are now open! Finally all of your time spent mainlining every terrible movie the MCU actors have been in over the last few years will pay off?

Or that might just be us. *shifty eyes*

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