Ah yes... I did forget to vent! lmao.... Well, my vent of the day is that I'm tired of people shrugging me off and expecting me to know everything!!!
It seems like, since I'm doing well in classes, that suddenly it's just expected of me. And, on top of that... everyone expects me to just be normal about it... If I fret over a test, because I'm generally concerned, let me fret!!! Don't simply tell me, "Oh, you're a genius... you're going to get a hundred.". I mean, thank you for the confidence in my abilities, but understand that I have test anxiety too.... I worry about my marks!
The kicker is, is that everyone seems to think I just know it. That it magically pops into my head our of thin air... I study!!! I study lots and lots, but I study correctly for my way of learning.... which is what I'm attributing my good marks too. I prepare myself for class, I listen and takes LOTS of notes... if you could see my powerpoints... there is so much scribbled on there! I do the review questions... I read the chapters... I write out more notes! Please don't down play my success, either celebrate (and celebrate your 94%) or don't... just please don't sneer and make annoying and hurtful jabs that I don't do anything to deserve my marks... I really really do.
But anyway, that's just my vent for the morning!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Six Weeks In!!! - and I forgot to blog it!
Heyo....
So yes.. I do still live. The monster that is nursing school has not eaten me up yet. I am currently six weeks into my nursing program and boy do I have alot to tell.
First off, the first week of LPN school was..................................... well it was................. yeah, it just wasn't what I expected at all. We didn't really learn anything so much as sat around and went over policies and syllabuses for each class for about a week. My class is fairly big right now, there is about 33 of us at the moment. The reason for the high number is for the first semester, the lpn students are mixed with the personal support worker students... so we're all intermingled right now... but come next semester we'll all be split up. Once we are split, my class will be a tiny 18 students. Should be interesting!!
But yeah, so far things have been a bit hectic. We have Anatomy and Physiology, Elder Care, Healthy Living, Interpersonal Communication, Medical Terminology, and Clinical Skills class.... so we have a lot of courses for the first semester. So far though, I seem to be doing surprisingly well. I was never much of a student in high school and I always did poorly on tests, but I think this time around I'm doing awesome!
For our first Anatomy and Physiology test I scored 102%!!! It was one of my most proud moments, to see that mark..... but it gets better, here's a quick run down of my marks so far.
Anatomy and Physiology test 1 - 102%
Anatomy and Physiology test 2 - 108%..... best mark I've ever made in my entire life
Clinical Skills Theory Test - 92%
Medical Terminology test 1 - 99%
Healthy Living Group Assignment - 98%
So, so far I'm rocking the awesome marks! I just hope I can keep it up... things are getting a lot harder in Anatomy and Physiology and the skills check offs are getting more and more complex each class.... so it's been a challenge, and will definitely continue to be a challenge, but I like that it is... I had no illusion of nursing school. I knew it was going to be one of the hardest things I'm ever going to do... but it's going to be so worth it in the end. And plus.... my Grampy wouldn't expect anything less then awesomeness from me, so I have to live up to his expectations. I can't let him down.
But yeah, I have a test Friday in Medical Terminology... possibly a test next week in Anatomy and Physiology, I just finished a test yesterday in Elder Care (hope I did well!). We were supposed to get checked off on vital signs today, but there are a few people in my class that don't feel ready, so we're postponing it.... I'm kind of hoping I can get checked off today though... it would make life so much more awesome.
So yes.. I do still live. The monster that is nursing school has not eaten me up yet. I am currently six weeks into my nursing program and boy do I have alot to tell.
First off, the first week of LPN school was..................................... well it was................. yeah, it just wasn't what I expected at all. We didn't really learn anything so much as sat around and went over policies and syllabuses for each class for about a week. My class is fairly big right now, there is about 33 of us at the moment. The reason for the high number is for the first semester, the lpn students are mixed with the personal support worker students... so we're all intermingled right now... but come next semester we'll all be split up. Once we are split, my class will be a tiny 18 students. Should be interesting!!
But yeah, so far things have been a bit hectic. We have Anatomy and Physiology, Elder Care, Healthy Living, Interpersonal Communication, Medical Terminology, and Clinical Skills class.... so we have a lot of courses for the first semester. So far though, I seem to be doing surprisingly well. I was never much of a student in high school and I always did poorly on tests, but I think this time around I'm doing awesome!
For our first Anatomy and Physiology test I scored 102%!!! It was one of my most proud moments, to see that mark..... but it gets better, here's a quick run down of my marks so far.
Anatomy and Physiology test 1 - 102%
Anatomy and Physiology test 2 - 108%..... best mark I've ever made in my entire life
Clinical Skills Theory Test - 92%
Medical Terminology test 1 - 99%
Healthy Living Group Assignment - 98%
So, so far I'm rocking the awesome marks! I just hope I can keep it up... things are getting a lot harder in Anatomy and Physiology and the skills check offs are getting more and more complex each class.... so it's been a challenge, and will definitely continue to be a challenge, but I like that it is... I had no illusion of nursing school. I knew it was going to be one of the hardest things I'm ever going to do... but it's going to be so worth it in the end. And plus.... my Grampy wouldn't expect anything less then awesomeness from me, so I have to live up to his expectations. I can't let him down.
But yeah, I have a test Friday in Medical Terminology... possibly a test next week in Anatomy and Physiology, I just finished a test yesterday in Elder Care (hope I did well!). We were supposed to get checked off on vital signs today, but there are a few people in my class that don't feel ready, so we're postponing it.... I'm kind of hoping I can get checked off today though... it would make life so much more awesome.
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