I've been immersed within the PA program at Wayne State. I quit my job in March so I could focus more on school and have a little more time to do things I like to do outside of school and work...like play guitar and read....ride my bike....hail satan, you know....the usual. I use goodreads to update the books that I finish (which this year is embarrassingly low, maybe 2 or 3 books so far). Outside of school, I'm reading bits and pieces of various non-fiction works and am also about halfway done with the Dispossessed by LeGuin. Enjoying that book so far. The anarchist in me will never really die. These are beliefs/feelings are implanted within my very nature.
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Most of my reading is studying, which will become even more prevalent next year when I'll be in rotations and taking periodical quizzes and exams. I should stop referring to clinical year as next year. It's coming up in 3 months. I'm a bit nervous about it, as I feel completely unprepared for it. Most of the classes I've had thus far could have been better handled to help prepare students. As I've said, I felt like a number of the courses didn't do too much in terms of preparation for the professional year. We'll see when I actually begin though. Ah well. I guess I kind of expected to get most of the learning done in the second year anyway. Maybe I just need to have more confidence in myself. After all, I was selected to represent the program at the annual AAPA conference (in NY this year). Doc said I had the highest grade in his courses by a remarkable amount. He also says I'm great at giving presentations. I feel humbled by his confidence in me, no doubt about that. I just wish I had that confidence in myself that he seems to have. What a great man- supporting and knowledgeable to say the very least. I can't wait until the day comes when I don't feel slightly guilty for not studying when I know I could be. I guess I should get back to it.
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