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this is written by a 1st year med student but it for sure applies to many dent students too!!
Pin-Chieh Chiang -- I study too much and yet never enough. I would love to be the gunner in the class, the one sitting in front who knows the answer to every question. But Im not. I know I definitely dont want to be at the other end of the spectrum and so Im not. I am somewhere in between.
I feel disconnected from my friends, old and new. My old friends are job hunting, working, eating lunch, clubbing, bar hopping, dating, etc. They sometimes contact me and I always say Im studying. My new friends from medical school well, we are always studying.
Except, Im not always studying. I study too much and yet never enough. I sit with a book in front of me. Its opened to the right chapter and maybe even the right page. But really my focus is on my computer screen. I play free cell, shop online, download music, draw cartoons, read articles (medical and non-medical), and most of all I pretend I will start studying in the next 5 minutes.
Im late. I was always a punctual person, but now Im always late to dates, dinner, movies, and even just going home. In fact I choose the later date to turn in my assignments. My professors understand.
This whole year Ive shared a lot of laughs with my classmates, but mostly Ive worried, stressed, cried, and lost sleep over medical school. Ive worried about the year passing by too quickly and too soon and that Ive barely learned anything. How could I ever handle the 2nd year?
Now its here, the last few days have come and I cant wait for this first year to end. Somehow Ive survived, have passed and am passing all my classes. Im ready for the summer and for next year. Next year, I plan to study too much, but probably not enough.
this is written by a 1st year med student but it for sure applies to many dent students too!!
Pin-Chieh Chiang -- I study too much and yet never enough. I would love to be the gunner in the class, the one sitting in front who knows the answer to every question. But Im not. I know I definitely dont want to be at the other end of the spectrum and so Im not. I am somewhere in between.
I feel disconnected from my friends, old and new. My old friends are job hunting, working, eating lunch, clubbing, bar hopping, dating, etc. They sometimes contact me and I always say Im studying. My new friends from medical school well, we are always studying.
Except, Im not always studying. I study too much and yet never enough. I sit with a book in front of me. Its opened to the right chapter and maybe even the right page. But really my focus is on my computer screen. I play free cell, shop online, download music, draw cartoons, read articles (medical and non-medical), and most of all I pretend I will start studying in the next 5 minutes.
Im late. I was always a punctual person, but now Im always late to dates, dinner, movies, and even just going home. In fact I choose the later date to turn in my assignments. My professors understand.
This whole year Ive shared a lot of laughs with my classmates, but mostly Ive worried, stressed, cried, and lost sleep over medical school. Ive worried about the year passing by too quickly and too soon and that Ive barely learned anything. How could I ever handle the 2nd year?
Now its here, the last few days have come and I cant wait for this first year to end. Somehow Ive survived, have passed and am passing all my classes. Im ready for the summer and for next year. Next year, I plan to study too much, but probably not enough.
