6.16.2011

Portland Day 27 - Evening Sunshine

Today was seriously the worst day ever. Ok, maybe not the worst, but definitely the roughest day of school yet. It started out with 2 hrs. of Statistics and then followed with 6 hrs. of Cell Physiology. We basically covered 8 mos. (2 semesters) worth of material all TODAY. It was an overload and I felt very overwhelmed. Still do..... The worst part of it was I kind of checked out during Stats and then for Phys, we have a new teacher that I'm not used to yet. I basically wasn't understanding anything that he was saying. He's kind of difficult to follow. I feel like he could explain things better, but maybe it's just the material. It was all supposed to be mostly a review, but all my prereq's are 6 yrs. old so I'm a bit rusty. The girl sitting next to me said she was bored and has heard this stuff over and over again, and here I am not understanding anything. Sometimes when I don't know what is being discussed I kind of just check out and disengage myself. That is terrible, I can't do that. I also couldn't decide if I liked taking notes better on the computer or by hand. I think that complicated it too. I came home today and spent another 4 and 1/2 hrs. going over everything. I was going to read the corresponding chapter and look over Stats as well, but I ran out of time for both. I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend.......... The real fun has finally kicked in......

1 comment:

Hiatt Family said...

Oh, I have heard the same thing from my husband. I can't imagine trying to learn all of that in one day! Hang in there!!! A lot of people told us that the first semester of med school would be one of the worst, because the school wants to make sure that the students are really committed and they throw anything at them that they can think of. You can do it!