Blog #14

This first semester in the program has been the most intense change I have ever gone through in my entire academic career. I feel like I have learned so much new information, yet I know I have so much more to learn. The best part of this semester was doing Emergency Room observations. I really liked the energy in there and I got to see some crazy things too. The toughest part of the semester was time management issues. I have always been proud of my time management skills, and I am very strict about staying on schedule, but for most of this semester I felt like I was just floating in the wind and I couldn't get control of nearly anything. I found myself living one second at a time which is very different for me to do. Finally, my favorite part of the semester was becoming good friends with the other kids in the program. When I felt like nobody understood what I was going through, there were 8 other peers going through the same thing as me and we could come together to make a plan for all of us to succeed. As stressful as this program has been at times, I know it will be worth it when I have my degree. I'm looking forward to the new content I will learn next semester.