Didn’t Sign Up for This

Some people just don’t grow up. Maybe they didn’t get to get the “silly” out of their system when they were in school but you’re old enough to have a home and raise a child. It’s time to buckle down!

For them, school will always be a moan and groan, “Have to” and not “Want to.” Yea, there were still the students who were always tardy, disrupted class, and talked back to the teacher in college but I thought it would be a little different at a technical school. We all chose to be here for whatever reason.

Like most technical schools, all you need is a high school diploma/GED to apply but this isn’t just a weekend course. It’s actually school and you have to put in the work and not to mention, the money. I was surprised by the amount of complaining I hear day to day. I’m not saying I won’t let a complaint about studying slip but I’m still going to show up for class and do what’s expected of me. I don’t know, maybe I’m just a nerd…NO! I’m paying big bucks to be here! I am going to do well, graduate with a 4.0, and start my career! That’s why most of us are here, right?

It’s so infuriating when the instructor is taking attendance and everyone is still yapping away! It is sooo middle school except half of the class is in their late 30s, have children, or at least old enough to know better. Faking a dry heave when we look at real human muscles? You can’t keep that to yourself? Asking the instructor something we learned the first week of class and is the foundation in which we are expanding on? Huh? The teacher makes a rhetorical statement. Make a smart-ass comment? Again I scream…Really?

Something happened today that is one of my big pet peeves: Asking a question during lecture when it’s quite clear that he’s going to go over it in later slides. I get that you are curious and want answers but if the topic is driving, don’t you think he’ll explain what the ignition is? Just effin’ wait!

I roll my eyes so much that I’ve literally given myself a migraine. I wonder if those kinds of people are in med school? God, I hope not. Our anatomy instructor always tells us to, “Go for the maximum! You don’t want to have the C average doctor, you want the one that went for the A!” Unfortunately, more than a couple of my classmates are going for the minimum…the bare minimum.

Sigh, I am so glad that I found a group of people that I can relate to. I’ve met some really great people here and I really don’t know what I would have done without them. I need other people to share my pain.