The Sine Qua Non of Being a Great Doctor

Being a physician can be an intensely gratifying experience. After all, what other career allows you to poke, prod, and otherwise violate another human being for money? Whether it's looking up someone's rectum or down a person's gullet, there can be no end to the orifice-probing possibilities.

So, to become a great doctor, one needs to cultivate a habit of invasive voyeurism. How can you tell if your child has what it takes to succeed?

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First, your child may begin with an innocent curiosity about inanimate objects:

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Next, she may display increased obsession with living things:

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Finally, she will discover the overwhelming joys of dead carcasses:

In short, if your child displays one or all of these characteristics, then she may be on her way to a full, satisfying career in medicine. Or she might just end up as a mortician. It's hard to say.


disclaimer: while the photos do indeed sport a little asian girl, that girl is not me.