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Well, let's dissect that for a second. Let's put this into your area of expertise. If you get a student who comes up to you after the first class and says "hey by the way Professor G. . . I never learned how to read. Books were a luxury."
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We're a highly selective school. The scenario you describe is a virtual impossibility.
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you're not going to work with him as an equal to come up with what is best for him because he is not an equal. You're gonna tell him to go freakin' learn to read.
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You're wrong on both accounts.
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Same thing with your dentist. The general dental patient doesn't know much about dental work except that it involves a lot of spitting and sometimes it hurts. Because of your lack of dentist-going experience, you know even less.
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This is true, which is why it would have been a good idea to have given me a lot more information. Instead of telling me what to do, give me the relevant information so that I know exactly why it's in my best interest to do things the way he thinks they think they should be done, and don't criticize me for past decisions that can't be undone.
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You and the dentist are not on equal footing - he's the expert here, and from his point of view, there are no options to be discussed as equals. You MUST get your teeth taken care of or bad things will eventually happen. The fact that you went the first time tells us that you want to keep your teeth. They're addressing that want by telling you how to do it.
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The fact that they're my teeth in my mouth makes it my decision. Other doctors I've been to have treated me as an equal and talked to me about my needs so that I would understand the what and the why, and didn't criticize me for past decisions that couldn't be undone. They, with one notable exception, were nice to me. He's supposed to be there for my benefit, not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by highthief
My wife is afraid of the dentist and had to be knocked out to have her wisdom teeth out in August. She's OK with the sedation, so for anything other than cleanings she might go that way again. Me? I hardly need novocaine (or whatever they use these days) for many procedures.
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I'm not afraid, but that does sound perfect. Go to sleep, wake up with everything done, no pain and no anxiety.