Wednesday, February 09, 2005
My Own Private Lent (aka How to drive yourself crazy in college)
Well, I may not be as smart as I had hoped. I already mentioned that I earned a 71% on a physiology test, but then I found out later that I earned an 80% on my pathology test. And I knew that pathology stuff in and out. So I am humbled and discouraged and angry and whatever other adjective you want to throw in there.
So I decided to "go monk" as Hansel would say. I am banning all meat (fish, poultry, beef, pork... you name it) until I get an "A" on a test. I took a test today in Pharmacy Management... if I get less than a B on it, I am going to include pop to the ban.
I want to be a good student as well as a good pharmacist, and I am struggling with the fact that they aren't always the same thing. There are people who are good at studying FOR a test, and there are those of us who are good at LEARNING. Stuff sticks with me, and I am able to apply my gained knowledge to creative problem solving and other such "real-life" endeavors... but it hasn't exactly shown in my grades since pharmacy school has begun.
So, no other comments today other than my public proclamation of Dummy Lent: the self prohibition of something you enjoy in order to focus attention on something else. We'll see if I become a vegetarian or not.
Horns up.
So I decided to "go monk" as Hansel would say. I am banning all meat (fish, poultry, beef, pork... you name it) until I get an "A" on a test. I took a test today in Pharmacy Management... if I get less than a B on it, I am going to include pop to the ban.
I want to be a good student as well as a good pharmacist, and I am struggling with the fact that they aren't always the same thing. There are people who are good at studying FOR a test, and there are those of us who are good at LEARNING. Stuff sticks with me, and I am able to apply my gained knowledge to creative problem solving and other such "real-life" endeavors... but it hasn't exactly shown in my grades since pharmacy school has begun.
So, no other comments today other than my public proclamation of Dummy Lent: the self prohibition of something you enjoy in order to focus attention on something else. We'll see if I become a vegetarian or not.
Horns up.
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