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[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

301--Friendship

All righty, gang. Sit down and shut up. This week we're working on friendship and communication. Notice how this just keeps building upon itself.

Now you might think that family would be more important in communcation, but it really isn't. Friends are chosen. Therefore the communication used with them is more carefully chosen. The things you talk about, the ways you show to one another that each is important to the other [she turns to the board and writes RECIPROCITY] The ways in which there is reciprocal respect and action. It's amazing what we say when and to whom. Have you ever told a complete stranger somethign you would only tell a close friend after a long passage of time? It's the human condition to do that. Let's talk, we'll ease in. Intimacy, trust, and platonic friendships. Whatcha think?

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[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie hadn't even considered that part of it. She doesn't think she has the guts to look Dr. House in the eye because OMG she would get lost in them and tell him she's quitting.

"Isn't it more professional to send a letter of resignation?" she asks.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"Oh is it?" She shrugs. "At my last school, we did pretty much everything through face-to-face meetings with the faculty and staff... A letter would certainly make things easier, though I'll obsess for days over wording it 'just so.'"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"I think it would be easier to agonize over just-so ahead of time than have to think on my feet," Allie says.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"Conversely, a letter will exist much longer than the memory of a meeting... here anyway. Have you made up your mind completely? When do you think you'll turn yours in?"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Not one hundred percent, but about 95% sure. And probably as soon as I decide for certain. What about you?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"If I'm going to do it, probably the sooner the better - to give them more time to find a replacement. Didn't I just hear something about Lisa quitting also? I would hate to leave them in a lurch."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I think Lisa did quit. But at least there's that new doctor."

She smiles.

"I need to go, but it was good talking to you. I'm sure I'll see you at peer mediator stuff."

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"Yes, I'm looking forward to it."