16-year-old SCOTT DOBSON-MITCHELL lives with his three annoying younger brothers and less annoying 18-year-old older sister in Kitchener-Waterloo. He's had a passion for writing from an early age, starting at four, when he began writing short stories as Christmas gifts for his parents and siblings. After writing for his high school newspaper, Scott was published in his local paper when he was 12-years-old, writing a weekly opinion column titled, "Scott's View," as well as several news articles. He never missed a deadline. The column made him the youngest working journalist in Canada. Or so he claims, until someone else comes forward.

After undergoing yet another round of 'tests' in grade seven, Scott became a certified egghead and skipped grade eight. An honour roll student throughout high school (except for first semester, grade nine, when he had gym class) Scott thinks biology class is fun, especially anything to do with genetics or anatomy. Scott was a member of the Envirothon and Interact club in high school, as well as the chess and robotics clubs. Last year, he started writing a blog for Maclean's magazine called, "Scott's Decision Time," which chronicled the steps a grade 12 student takes to prepare for university, including applying for a student loan, choosing a university, and selecting a program. And why chemistry class sucks. Scott's first article in a national magazine, Maclean's Professional Issue, will be published in the Fall. Next month, Scott starts his first year at the University of Waterloo, in the Biomedical Sciences program, which he says is like having biology class all day long. Ultimately, he hopes to end up in medical school.

Scott will continue to share his educational adventures in his blog with Maclean's readers online, and says he welcomes writing opportunities from other big-time magazine and newspaper editors. Okay, all paying markets. He also accepts early offers of admission to medical schools across North America. Heck, Grenada too.

Scott Dobson-Mitchell welcomes reader comments and can be reached at: scott.dobson.mitchell@gmail.com

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Perhaps posting naked butts to some 16 year old isn't a good idea.

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Josh Dehaas says:
December 22, 2011 at 3:03 pm

Gregory

I’m the editor of this website. I reserve the right to delete comments that are inappropriate. I deleted your comment because it linked to a graphic image. If you want to re-post a comment that doesn’t link to any such images or violate any other basic commenting standards, you’re welcome to. Thanks for reading.

Josh Dehaas

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AverageJoeStudent says:
December 22, 2011 at 3:58 pm

@Josh: Why is Macleans requiring moderation approval on all comments though? It used to be that comments were only removed if they were inappropriate, after the fact.


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Gregory Kohs says:
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December 22, 2011 at 4:32 pm

Okay, thanks Josh. What I had said earlier is that the Wikipedia community is loaded with interesting and dedicated individuals. But to find the really, really curious folks, you need to look to the Wikimedia Foundation leadership. For example, there’s one trustee of the Wikimedia UK charity who was so gung-ho about uploading images to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, he stripped off his pants, chained his wrists to his ankles (behind his back), then had someone take his picture (buttocks-side-up), all to illustrate the Wikipedia article about “hogtie bondage”. Later on, he thought twice about this, and he (quietly) attempted to get the images removed without anyone important noticing, and not going through the usual and proper process of the Wikimedia community reviewing deletions. Now, he’s still a staunch defender of graphic images on Wikimedia sites, just as long as those images aren’t of his own bare buttocks. And if you should mention his previous experience in photography and deleted photography, he will not hesitate to label the mention as “deliberate and personal harassment”:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?t...&oldid=64212515

I think it’s important that the “smart profs” learn a little more about the goings on at Wikipedia before they dive into it head first, so to speak. That’s why I provided a convenient link within my own name here, which will take you to a site that contains no graphic image, but discusses the graphic image. Intelligent readers can figure this all out for themselves; but I appreciate your protection of the “young minds” here, Josh.