Sat.Oct 14, 2023

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The Relentless School Nurse: Listen to David Riedman, Creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database on the Freakonomics Podcast

Relentless School Nurse

We tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad decisions. Can this pattern be reversed? We try — with stories about wildfires, school shootings, and love. – Freakonomics Podcast with Stephen Dubner School safety can’t be a learning culture, because the consequences are too serious. – David Riedman How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events This excellent podcast is a conversation between gun violence researcher Davi

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The Human Brain: Understanding its Three Main Sections

Teen Health 101

By: Isabelle Nichol, Contributing Writer Edited by: Fauzia, Editor; Elias Azizi, Editor in Chief The human brain is a complex organ that keeps every human in our society running. This complex structure can be broken down into 3 more easily identifiable sections: the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. The cerebrum is the most significant portion, housing each pair of lobes.

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Paraoptometrics

Teen Health 101

By: Guneet Bal, Contributing Writer Edited by: Elias Azizi, Editor in Chief A paraoptometric is a healthcare professional who assists an optometrist in providing visual care for patients. Paraoptometrics are essentially the doctors who do smaller tasks like gathering information and past history of patients to assist the optometrist further. Here are the tasks of a paraoptometric: Front desk assistance & scheduling patients Billing procedures Dealing with insurance claims Under the assistanc