i'm not sure when this started happening, but college students now treat their TAs like wikipedia. they expect two-paragraph answers from two-line questions, and utter not a word of appreciation once the answers are received. i swear to you, the first class in college needs to be life 101: introduction to life, where undergraduates learn that TAs are human beings, and the words 'thank' and 'you' exist in the modern lexicon.

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in happier news, my latest patient is nice and normal and very sympathetic, a welcome change from the borderline-y folk who seem to have flocked to our clinic in droves recently. we're more than halfway done with this practicum, and my next, for the fall, has been lined up -- CBT of mood disorders with [eminent person in the field]. this is treatment, not just diagnosis, the talky stuff you may be familiar with from TV, the stuff that's supposed to actually make people better. i'm not at all convinced that words coming out of my mouth are going to change anyone's worldview for the better, seeing as how i send most people i talk to in the opposite direction, but there's a manual, and people kicking you in the shins if you do anything wrong.