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HOP Mad Doctor
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I have three days left of lecture in my life. After Friday, I will not sit in that *expletive deleted* lecture hall ever again. I have a hellish month of self study ahead, but at least no more lecture.
And I have no idea how I am going to survive these last three days. Today's lecture was painful beyond description. I just couldn't pay attention. I'm bored out of my skull! I came here to help people, to make a difference in their lives, to heal the sick and injured. I didn't come here to hear someone drone word-for-word off their PowerPoint presentations for up to eight hours a day (PowerPoint needs to be banned).
AARRRGHHH!!! I just want it to be OVER! I'm too old to be absorbing information in this manner anymore! I need to learn by DOING, not by being TOLD.
Ok, I don't feel any better, but at least I let it out.
I have three days left of lecture in my life. After Friday, I will not sit in that *expletive deleted* lecture hall ever again. I have a hellish month of self study ahead, but at least no more lecture.
And I have no idea how I am going to survive these last three days. Today's lecture was painful beyond description. I just couldn't pay attention. I'm bored out of my skull! I came here to help people, to make a difference in their lives, to heal the sick and injured. I didn't come here to hear someone drone word-for-word off their PowerPoint presentations for up to eight hours a day (PowerPoint needs to be banned).
AARRRGHHH!!! I just want it to be OVER! I'm too old to be absorbing information in this manner anymore! I need to learn by DOING, not by being TOLD.
Ok, I don't feel any better, but at least I let it out.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
number 1.
nubmer 2.
nubmer 3. get yourself a ticket back over to london and come and see us all.
nubmer 4. (from cam)
number5. find out why i have spelt number as nubmer for the last 3 ideas.
take kick it back man...let your mind drift away and think about other things....i do it all the time in physics...its the only lesson of th eday where my watch runs 9.42 times slower than usual.
im only in school ever for another week! im sooo happy!...in fact mike...have some of my happiness.
number 1.
nubmer 2.
nubmer 3. get yourself a ticket back over to london and come and see us all.
nubmer 4. (from cam)
number5. find out why i have spelt number as nubmer for the last 3 ideas.
take kick it back man...let your mind drift away and think about other things....i do it all the time in physics...its the only lesson of th eday where my watch runs 9.42 times slower than usual.
im only in school ever for another week! im sooo happy!...in fact mike...have some of my happiness.
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
quote:rub it in, why dontcha...
Originally posted by THE UNTIED CHINS OF FUR:
im only in school ever for another week! im sooo happy!...in fact mike...have some of my happiness.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
ok then....i will.
IM SO HAPPY, IM SO HAPPY, IM SO.....hang on...why arent you happy?
you only have 3 days...
i have 7! (well....5 really as i dont goto school at weekends)
ok then....i will.
IM SO HAPPY, IM SO HAPPY, IM SO.....hang on...why arent you happy?
you only have 3 days...
i have 7! (well....5 really as i dont goto school at weekends)
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Lambretta Fanatic
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Location: United Kingdom
Lambretta Fanatic
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Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
see only the genuinely caring of us all would just do this:
see only the genuinely caring of us all would just do this:
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Location: Manchester, England
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Posted:
It might be hard now Mr Mad Doctor, but give it another 10 years or so and you could be doing 4 days a week as a GP and raking it in...now there's a nice thought (that's what my mates doing anyway)
Permanent 3day w/e's can't be bad.
It might be hard now Mr Mad Doctor, but give it another 10 years or so and you could be doing 4 days a week as a GP and raking it in...now there's a nice thought (that's what my mates doing anyway)
Permanent 3day w/e's can't be bad.
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old hand
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Location: Madrid, United Kingdom
old hand
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Location: Madrid, United Kingdom
Posted:
The steps to getting there are the qualities of being there...
so I'm told.
That probably doesn't help though
Love and empathy
The steps to getting there are the qualities of being there...
so I'm told.
That probably doesn't help though
Love and empathy
"I don't take drugs. I am drugs" - Salvador Dali 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
be glad you don't have another year of attending lectures by incompetant proffessors on subjects they know very little about like i do.
be glad you don't have another year of attending lectures by incompetant proffessors on subjects they know very little about like i do.
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Posted:
Ahh... But think of it the positive way, only 3 days? What's 3 days of your life?
It will end up helping you become the best doctor in the world, which i know you will become one day
Ahh... But think of it the positive way, only 3 days? What's 3 days of your life?
It will end up helping you become the best doctor in the world, which i know you will become one day
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
We had another horrible lecture today in which a professor tried to smash six hours of information into 90 minutes (and wound up going over by almost 20 minutes, forcing the next lecturer to move at breakneck speed to make up).
I hate this. I hate this. I hate this. Why is the end game the hardest?
Oh, and WHY is it that at an academic teaching hospital (supposedly one of the top ten in the whole world), nobody knows how to friggin' TEACH?
We had another horrible lecture today in which a professor tried to smash six hours of information into 90 minutes (and wound up going over by almost 20 minutes, forcing the next lecturer to move at breakneck speed to make up).
I hate this. I hate this. I hate this. Why is the end game the hardest?
Oh, and WHY is it that at an academic teaching hospital (supposedly one of the top ten in the whole world), nobody knows how to friggin' TEACH?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Posted:
Hmmm, lectures..... I remember those. Use them for blissful daydreams, deep meditation, writing poetry, composing love letters, deciding what you're going to have for dinner, silly mind games, people-watching.....erm, this is assuming that you already have an in-depth understanding of what the poor geezer at the front is trying to get across to you
I bet you'll look back on them with deep fondness once you're doing 120 hour weeks, dealing with everything from hopelessly sick people to mindless hypochondriacs, geting flack off consultants and wondering why the nurses seem to know more about everything than you do (obviously not true, except that you've not slept for the last three days and can't even remember your own name and why you wanted to be a doctor in the first place ).
Enjoy them - they're nearly over forever. Good luck and have some sympathy for the lecturers - you only have to sit through them once - they have to give them over and over and over and over......
Hugz
Hmmm, lectures..... I remember those. Use them for blissful daydreams, deep meditation, writing poetry, composing love letters, deciding what you're going to have for dinner, silly mind games, people-watching.....erm, this is assuming that you already have an in-depth understanding of what the poor geezer at the front is trying to get across to you
I bet you'll look back on them with deep fondness once you're doing 120 hour weeks, dealing with everything from hopelessly sick people to mindless hypochondriacs, geting flack off consultants and wondering why the nurses seem to know more about everything than you do (obviously not true, except that you've not slept for the last three days and can't even remember your own name and why you wanted to be a doctor in the first place ).
Enjoy them - they're nearly over forever. Good luck and have some sympathy for the lecturers - you only have to sit through them once - they have to give them over and over and over and over......
Hugz
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HOP Mad Doctor
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Dr. Noodlehead, I promise I will NEVER look back on lectures with fondness.
I may be miserable in the future, but (barring illness and disaster), never as miserable as I am in that lecture hall. I may wish to be home in bed or resting on some tropical beach, but NEVER in that lecture hall.
And I have no sympathy for the lecturers and their unprofessionalism. You work at a teaching center, you'd better be prepared to teach, not drone word-for-word off your powerpoints. I've given a lot of lectures in my life and I was prepared and I practiced good public speaking skills. I involved my students, I tried to make them understand why I thought that it was interesting/important stuff, and my student's ratings were excellent. So I have no sympathy for lecturers who can't be arsed to put together a decent talk, because I do know how much work goes into a good talk (and it's a lot), and I think it as part of my job.
[ 08. May 2003, 08:40: Message edited by: Lightning+++ ]
Dr. Noodlehead, I promise I will NEVER look back on lectures with fondness.
I may be miserable in the future, but (barring illness and disaster), never as miserable as I am in that lecture hall. I may wish to be home in bed or resting on some tropical beach, but NEVER in that lecture hall.
And I have no sympathy for the lecturers and their unprofessionalism. You work at a teaching center, you'd better be prepared to teach, not drone word-for-word off your powerpoints. I've given a lot of lectures in my life and I was prepared and I practiced good public speaking skills. I involved my students, I tried to make them understand why I thought that it was interesting/important stuff, and my student's ratings were excellent. So I have no sympathy for lecturers who can't be arsed to put together a decent talk, because I do know how much work goes into a good talk (and it's a lot), and I think it as part of my job.
[ 08. May 2003, 08:40: Message edited by: Lightning+++ ]
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Posted:
Man, you really don't like lectures!
I agree, some people teach like they're addressing their old socks, but maybe they just don't have your enthusiam/ability/incentive to convey whatever message it is they're supposed to get across ('specially when they know they're confronted with a bored, disinterested audience). Don't know which comes first, a crap lecturer or hostile students - guess they feed off each other.
I hope you manage to make it through the last few hours of tedium and that your celebratory piss-up is a wild and funky affair, with much drunken debauchery and as much ether as you can nick from the labs .
Good luck and happy note taking
Bestest
(Have you considered lecturing rather than practice when you graduate? Or is that a bit of a sore point at the moment...)
Man, you really don't like lectures!
I agree, some people teach like they're addressing their old socks, but maybe they just don't have your enthusiam/ability/incentive to convey whatever message it is they're supposed to get across ('specially when they know they're confronted with a bored, disinterested audience). Don't know which comes first, a crap lecturer or hostile students - guess they feed off each other.
I hope you manage to make it through the last few hours of tedium and that your celebratory piss-up is a wild and funky affair, with much drunken debauchery and as much ether as you can nick from the labs .
Good luck and happy note taking
Bestest
(Have you considered lecturing rather than practice when you graduate? Or is that a bit of a sore point at the moment...)
Fish are just like trees except they move and they're invisible
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Posted:
Dr. Noodlehead, I'll do academic medicine, which means a combination of teaching, research, and practicing. I love teaching too much to give it up.
We've had some great lecturers this year, but they are few and far between.
As for the celebration, it's going to be very muted because once I'm done with classes, I then go straight into a month of studying for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step I, which must be passed before starting my third year.
So on June 17, when I take it, there will be a bender that night...
Dr. Noodlehead, I'll do academic medicine, which means a combination of teaching, research, and practicing. I love teaching too much to give it up.
We've had some great lecturers this year, but they are few and far between.
As for the celebration, it's going to be very muted because once I'm done with classes, I then go straight into a month of studying for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step I, which must be passed before starting my third year.
So on June 17, when I take it, there will be a bender that night...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
HOP Lord of the Pirate Admiralty
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Posted:
dude, be thankful you only have a few days left, my ASlevel exams (curse that they are) start on monday, and then i come straight back to do my A2 course.
Ive got another year in this hellhole called Boring skool, filled with morons, who think poi is for beating people up.
GODDAMMIT!
i share your pain
dude, be thankful you only have a few days left, my ASlevel exams (curse that they are) start on monday, and then i come straight back to do my A2 course.
Ive got another year in this hellhole called Boring skool, filled with morons, who think poi is for beating people up.
GODDAMMIT!
i share your pain
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Posted:
Mike, school never ends, and yes you will be sitting in a lecture area again, it may not be a hall but you'll still get pleanty of lecutres
Good luck
Mike, school never ends, and yes you will be sitting in a lecture area again, it may not be a hall but you'll still get pleanty of lecutres
Good luck
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Posted:
for Mike.
Hey man, at least their not in German!
I agree with you though, it does mean a lot more to learn by doing. If it makes you feel any better, I probably have another 5 more years.
for Mike.
Hey man, at least their not in German!
I agree with you though, it does mean a lot more to learn by doing. If it makes you feel any better, I probably have another 5 more years.
Beauty is the conscious sum of all our perversions.-Salvador DaliHope without action is hopeless.
Crazy Nutter stuck in Farmidale...
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Posted:
Can I use this thread to rant too?
I have sooo much work due at the moment for Uni - I'm completely snowed under...ugh
Plus, I'm an RA (resident advisor) at my college and tonight is my duty night - It's a friday night, so of course everyone is out partying and coming home drunk, either spewing everywhere or getting themselves locked out cause they've lost their keys in town...
So far I've cleaned up 4 spews, let 12 people into their rooms, broken up one courtyard brawl and cleaned up one set of blood covered knuckles...
Ah, it's a good life.... I love my college, but it's nights like this that test a person...!
I would soooo love to only have a few days of uni left at the moment...!
Anywayz, I feel better now Cheers..!
Rach
Can I use this thread to rant too?
I have sooo much work due at the moment for Uni - I'm completely snowed under...ugh
Plus, I'm an RA (resident advisor) at my college and tonight is my duty night - It's a friday night, so of course everyone is out partying and coming home drunk, either spewing everywhere or getting themselves locked out cause they've lost their keys in town...
So far I've cleaned up 4 spews, let 12 people into their rooms, broken up one courtyard brawl and cleaned up one set of blood covered knuckles...
Ah, it's a good life.... I love my college, but it's nights like this that test a person...!
I would soooo love to only have a few days of uni left at the moment...!
Anywayz, I feel better now Cheers..!
Rach
We all take different paths in life, but no matter which path we take, we take a little of each other everywhere...
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HOP Mad Doctor
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Posted:
I'm DONE!!! NO MORE CLASSES!!!
Woo hoo!!! Now, I just need to pass this final and then pass boards and then I get to go and start delivering babies (no, I'm not a doctor yet and won't be for two more years, but I'm halfway there.)
Counting kindergarten, I have spent the last 21 years sitting in classes. I can't even begin to describe what it feels like to be done.
I'm DONE!!! NO MORE CLASSES!!!
Woo hoo!!! Now, I just need to pass this final and then pass boards and then I get to go and start delivering babies (no, I'm not a doctor yet and won't be for two more years, but I'm halfway there.)
Counting kindergarten, I have spent the last 21 years sitting in classes. I can't even begin to describe what it feels like to be done.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
As above
As above
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