What I did this weekend:

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My cousin Todd graduated from dental school.

It's weird. I KNEW he was going to be Dr. Belf-Becker and join the practice, making it "Becker, Becker, Silvius, and Belf-Becker", but it didn't really hit home until I saw the photo of him in his robe, and his robe had velvet stripes on the sleeve.

That's the power of uniforms, isn't it? I was treated by him when he was in residency. He's drilled my teeth. But it's more real to me that he's a doctor because he's got a robe with velvet stripes.

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[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

It doesn't really surprize me. People seem so much more dignified in the robes.

[mswae.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to your cousin!

Does he actually have the robe or did he have to return it? I had to return mine ... I could have kept it but I'd have had to pay $800 ...

So dentists do their residency before they graduate? That's weird ... MDs do them after. Does that mean they have to pay tuition while they're in residency?

[theletterelle.livejournal.com]

I remember I felt like a fraud, all dressed up in my law school graduation robes. I felt like a huge fake, and that everyone could see how much I didn't deserve to be wearing them. Which is, of course, silly. I passed the classes. But I was very down on myself then. :/