In his prime, he was amazingly talented, and supremely gracious.
The words at the end of this song say everything. I hope he is remembered for the songs such as this, We Are The World, Man In The Mirror, and others... not for the garish man he became at the end.
The federal government has come out with a new consolidation scheme for those stuck in higher interest rate loans. Which should sound awesome to many students. However, for those that already consolidated after July 1, 2006, you are stuck with whatever rate you got at that time.
The worst part about all of these loans is they reset to the relative same number of years.
For instance, if you are currently in year 3 of 10 years of repayment, your new consolidated loan could spread that out yet again, over 10 years. The actual interest paid COULD be MORE than what is currently going to be paid if the individual keeps on paying current rate for another 7 years.
One other note of interest, especially to medical school students, never under estimate the value of working in the non-profit sector while taking pre-req courses.
Organic, it is said, wears thick upon the pre-med heart and is known as a med school killer. Serial killer, stalking it's victims one carbon, one reaction, or one mechanism at a time. Ginkgo biloba notwithstanding, organic chemistry kills.
I embraced organic when I was in high school. My chemistry teacher taught us to make esters, polypeptides, and more. There were four mechanisms he required us to know ... I think I did then, not so much anymore.
My fear, beyond animals wearing scales sporting a forked tongue, is physics. I bought the book today, a full 2.5 months early, just to have some light reading, get my mind wrapped around a subject matter that has generally made my eyes retreat to the other side of my brain, neurons silently saying "Goodnight".
Here's to physics! It will not master me, I will master it...
