The week of hell begins tomorrow. First comes the last midterm of the short summer session, followed by a day in maternity clinical. Wednesday is Maternity HESI, which will be beyond interesting. Thursday is Sim Lab and Friday is Peds HESI.
A great deal of studying is required this week and started after class on Friday. But seriously how much is too much studying?! There are only so many hours in the day and some of those hours need to be dedicated to other activities besides studying like sleeping and eating. How much sacrifice is expected of our cohort? I mean honestly, who thought that cramming 15 weeks of school into 6 weeks was a good idea? I would really like to know because I can personally say that it is a very bad idea! There is too much stress and not enough time to actually learn and absorb the material. All we are doing is cramming info into our brains, taking test after test, and then most info is forgotten a few days later. It's unfortunate since the Peds and Mat clinicals are a lot more fun than I expected.
But a person can only study so much and memorize so much. And if you don't have good guessing skills, life is about to get even more stressful!
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I totally agree---I feel like I have so much in my short term memory and I know that most will be forgotten within 24 hours of our tests, which is a pity. I love our maternity clinical, why can't the maternity lecture course be as enticing?
I'm glad its short for the sake of getting it over and done with. I hate the fact that it is short since I know I won't retain much this summer. Yikes.
I agree as well! I feel my brain turning into mush...I think I'm studying the same amount as I usually do, but I just can't pay full attention anymore, with every exam my grades going down. But at this point, I just wanna pass, and enjoy July/August. I really don't think the scheduling people realized that we do have lives, families, friends, and something to do besides STUDYING.
by the way, i have to say that i totally hear your voice in my head when i read your blog, cuz you write like you speak!
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