Mexico Medical Student |

Ok, I haven’t written anything because I’ve been overwhelmed with the deluge of information being thrown at us every day, particularly in anatomy. I feel like I leave, putting on a raincoat and walk to school so that I can get blasted with a firehose of information. I know it can be done–nothing about this class is really hard (so far)–it’s just a massive amount of memorization and correlation. I’ve never been good at that. I wouldn’t say I’m sailing through my other courses, but they aren’t presenting any special problems. It’s just that we have to be in class, lab or clinics 7-8 hours per day, every day, so where does studying come in if you even want to have time to catch your breath? I get home at 5pm, and there needs to be a conservative 4-5 hours of studying unless you get behind.

I’m not used to being so out of control of my time and energy, and it’s a disconcerting feeling. I’m sure I’ll get used to it, but it’s scary, especially considering it gets worse (on the average) from here. I used to bitch about work all the time but that was a paradise compared to now. At least I’m moving forward with my life rather than working for a stagnant bureaucracy that goes nowhere or a lifeless company, sucking the life out of you. I’ll adjust.