Can a mother breast feed during an exam?

Can a mother breast feeding her child take an exam with extended time?

Great issue. Yes, she should.  But no, the National Board of Medical Examiners said that med student Sophie Currier could not get an extra hour to breast feed her child while taking the 9 hour exam.
Here's the story.

The irony: the Academy of Pediatrics recommends mothers breast feed their babies. So a soon-to-be doctor is doing this, then denied the medical exam to become a doctor.

Later the judgment was overruled by a court.  The bad news: it takes a lawsuit to change anything in education.  The lesson:  education becomes personalised.  Treating everyone the same is not treating everyone equal.  Treating everyone differently is treating everyone equally.

Comments

[Stephen Harlow]

I'm across the ditch in New Zealand. I've been digging for more about the stories and myths we tell ourselves in times of rapid change and a Google Book search for Nine Shift spat out an interesting citation in a rather academic paper with a very congruent title:

Allen, T.F.H ., and Mario Giampietro. "Narratives and transdisciplines for a post-industrial world. " Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 23.5 (Sept-Oct 2006): 595(21).

What serendipity! It seems I am not the only one to have made a connection between narratives for changing times and your work! You've probably seen it; from a quick scan it looks to have quite a few paragraphs devoted to your work.

Cheers
Stephen

[Fred Bayley]

Your work here with Nine Shift continues to grow. Today our Foothills Connect was a recipient along with the other partners of $1.45 million grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation. This is funding 100% ultra-high speed connectivity in the county by the end of 2009. It provides for a free internet layer at speeds we call DSL. The higher speeds which will exceed T! speeds will be at a fee. Ultimately the goal is fiber connections to every home and business. Considering that only 70% of our homes have more than dial up, this is a huge jump. In the back of our minds is how do we blow apartorganizations and support the knowledge workers.

A local group has started to find ways to support and attract the knowledge workers. Realize Rutherford was taken this on as their project. They are meeting with such folks in the county tounderstand them and know what they can do to support them. Ultimately this means how do we attract more.

Both of these ideas came because you shared your thoughts. You challenged our community to think and we have. We now have an energy that will create a fertile economic base where we can thrive for a long time.

Lastly I heard today from one of our NC Legislators that they are looking at new rail lines in the state. Our representative understands that a line from Charlotte to Asheville would mean a hugeeconomic engine for our area. These are early plans, but people understand what it can mean to our future.

Thought you might be interested.

Also Ihave started a blog to discuss the ultra-high speed issueshttp://foothillsconnect.typepad.com/

Have a FUN day!

[Thom Lowther]

I offered a program last week in Newport Beach, California about “Adjusting to the Shifts” as it relates to the design of architecture during the next 3 -10 years. Here is a response from one of the participants. Seems that they are already in the flow. Still, very timely. Thought that you might enjoy the article.

Thom Lowther
Senior Director, AIA/CES
Washington, DC
202.626.7478
CES Workshops: Oct 4, Savannah, GA; Oct 29, Guam; Nov 7 - Chicago

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From: Jamie L. Stitzel, Assoc. AIA
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Hello Thom, I didn't get your contact info at the meeting yesterday, but I wanted to say Thank you for the lecture it was quite interesting, and out residential discussion group got me thinking! Which is exactly the point of continuing education... GREAT! I wanted to also share with you this article about baby boomers in retirement. I work in senior housing so we've been discussing this for quite sometime now. http://www.prospermag.com/article/133-81 Thanks again! Jamie Stitzel, Assoc. AIA stitzelj@irwin-pancake.com