.Friday, January 4, 2008 ' 1:22 PM Y
TRINITY MEGAN
My last semester of my 3 years course started this Monday. Funny how most colleges and school started their lesson on the 2nd of January but my "one of a kind" college had lessons on 31st of December, holiday for 1st January and resumed classes on the 2nd January. That's one of the many things I hate about my college. People always have lots of brickbats at their own college, school or universities but holds high esteem for other schools. That's something quite common among people, I must say, whether you are a student or are in the working field. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Anyway, back to my semester. First day of class already and we received verbal advice from our teachers. An example of what she said goes like this,
"If you are the type who always ask your boyfriend to wait outside 4pm sharp, you better think twice and ask your boyfriend to forget about the idea. How can you be out when your group members are having a discussion on assignments and projects? This is your last year and don't think we are torturing you or making your life tough. Every group experience the same thing."
Phew! First day already make us scared and shocked. Really have no idea what the next 7 weeks are going to be like for us. Hopefully I don't lose my sanity.
And we thought the last year will be quite a breeze for us because we don't have much subjects to cover but man, I tell you, the subjects are the most boring of all. I begin to think twice already whether I should take up degree or not. We are given assignments almost every other day and the due date is so close together. Topics like "Critical Thinking" and reading the articles on it makes me want to doze off to dreamland and goodness knows what the articles is talking about. Luckily our group assignment is not rejected. Hopefully the coming assignments doesn't require me to fuse my grey matter so much that grey becomes white or vice versa. Personally I prefer to do assignments based on facts and science, less on the abstract.
One of my teachers mention that nurses are lucky because we learn management. We learn how to apply management skills in our work as well as in life. Hope it helps to manage my sanity too.