Comments on: IV drips for cramming high school students in China

By: Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:15:00 +0000

You win a righteousness cookie!

By: Adrian Bancilhon

Adrian Bancilhon — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:06:00 +0000

Yeah it sucks because it’s different.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000

D5½NS is generally the default solution. There’s also D5¼NS. You wouldn’t normally hang NS on somebody who was hypernatremic, for example.

By: PNWchemist

PNWchemist — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:51:00 +0000

I have been told that a non-saline intravenous solution will eventually cause blood cells to burst due to the differences in salt concentrations between the red blood cell interior and the blood plasma(not sure if that’s the correct terminology)

[i was told this by an instructor who was a biology major that happened to be teaching the chemistry class i was in, so i took his word for it. ]

I looked up the solutions you speak of, and that is interesting, i will stop spreading misinformation. I do feel it’s relevant to mention solutions like D5NS exist which contain the normal concentration of saline for intravenous re-hydration with the five percent dextrose solution, there also exists D51/2NS which contains half the amount of normal saline paired with the dextrose. Anyway it’s all very interesting and i am curious what sort of condition i person would have to be in order for them to need a non-saline dextrose injection (I assume dehydration without vomit or physical exertion?). I’d actually be curious to hear more about this.Anyway i’m rambling.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000

Actually, people get non-saline intravenously all the time. D5W is 5% dextrose in water.

By: MB44

MB44 — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:48:00 +0000

I imagined your tone to be dripping with sarcasm when I read this.

By: PNWchemist

PNWchemist — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:22:00 +0000

your blood cells would begin to explode if it wasn’t at least a saline solution.

By: chf64

chf64 — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:36:00 +0000

This just in: Gatorade, the new performance enhancing drug.

It’s not comparable to using steroids, it’s more like using one of those ice vests (http://www.arcticheatusa.com/ as an example), or back of the hand cooling pumps. It is however a bit extreme.

It’d be more effective to make the students go home and rest a bit to absorb and process some of the information. Cramming for exams isn’t the best way to learn and retain that information.

By: keplers

keplers — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:57:00 +0000

in the u.s. we prefer our star students to take less noticeable measures: adderall, red bull, coke, speed and caffeine.

By: cfuse

cfuse — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:06:00 +0000

Apparently you really don’t realise that there’s a entire world of other countries out there. You are most likely both closer to the equator and closer to the north than I.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:19:00 +0000

Well hepatitis is endemic in China, and even in the US clinicians get sued for using dirty needles, so….

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:12:00 +0000

And our public schools don’t have this, why?

By: daneyul

daneyul — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:49:00 +0000

What the hell’s far-fetched about questioning this photo? Internet much?

By: Textuality

Textuality — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:32:00 +0000

I’d imagine because Bankok is a sex tourism hotspot?

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:08:00 +0000

anonymous unprotected sex in any large city would sound exactly the same.

My point exactly. Yet Bangkok is the city that has to serve as the scapegoat, I wonder why that is?

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:42:00 +0000

Let’s just say that, while last year’s lowest-scoring student was unable to make anything of himself, we were.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:59:00 +0000

You mean just like the oxygen bars that exist? Maybe your mind is a little narrow.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:56:00 +0000

Don’t worry, creativity comes after the standard of living improves. It’s tough to enough while playing catch-up. No?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:56:00 +0000

I believe that was sarcasm.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:51:00 +0000

That is a very, very poor analogy. What happens if they took vitamins?

By: PNWchemist

PNWchemist — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:29:00 +0000

why do people on this website seem to want everything to be racist?

anonymous unprotected sex in any large city would sound exactly the same.

it’s not safe because there are needles being used in a crowded classroom outside of medical environment.

shit.

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Hilarious. Because, as we all well know, all them dirty Asian peoples carry STDs and even their doctors don´t know the first thing about hygiene.

By: Steven K. Roberts

Steven K. Roberts — Mon, 07 May 2012 07:36:00 +0000

This is one way to get into IV League schools….

By: roial blue

roial blue — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:59:00 +0000

while smokingheartdesigns assertion is questionable, more research is required regarding Chinese institutions, societal norms and other cultural nuances that may be constraining this countrys ability to innovate and create. Societal norms that constrain free thinking may also constrain creativity – I don’t know but I’m looking through the literature to find out.

By: Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:40:00 +0000

Does amino acid actually works or is it some Eastern pseudo scientific bullshit?

By: SmokingHeartDesigns

SmokingHeartDesigns — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:33:00 +0000

It’s the education system that I’m criticizing, the focus on conformity. But it was pretty snarky.

By: MostlyDifferent

MostlyDifferent — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:22:00 +0000

An IV drip for 10 yuan? Man, now I *KNOW* I was overcharged for everything when I went to Shanghai last year.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:53:00 +0000

Also, I know someone who went to college in the US on a water polo scholarship. Fell off a chair and hurt himself. Immediate GTFO from the school.

By: Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:37:00 +0000

I teach English to Chinese kids between about 3-4 and about 14. It’s really sad to see many of them change from being happy, creative kids to just being exhausted and unable to function. An example conversation with a young teenager could go like this:

Me: What do you do in your free time?
Student: I do my homework.
Me: No, free time is when you aren’t doing work, you can do what you like. What do you like to do when you’re not working?
Student: Oh, I understand. I like to sleep.
Me: And what do you do when you’re on holiday?
Student: I study extra classes.

There are quite a few exceptions, I have a number of students who completely defy the stereotype of uncreative Asians (and many parents see that this amount of pressure is counterproductive), but I can’t blame people who aren’t that creative or motivated – that takes energy, for a start.

By: deanzhang

deanzhang — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:23:00 +0000

Yeah, it does seem preposterous and the blurry pics