Lessons from the Harvard Medical School Keynote Address, June 2005
In seventh grade at El Rodeo Elementary School, I completed an English essay by writing: “Why do I want to be an attorney? I want to help other people who are less able to represent themselves.” The date was December 1956.
Mrs. Ritter, my English teacher, gave me an “A minus” and neatly wrote at the top of my essay, “Good Paper. I hope you are not disappointed with being a lawyer.” At the time, I did not understand what she meant, but I was pleased with the grade.
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