Mhmmmm! I was having a conversation with one of my nursing professors today in lab. I told her how one of my other instructors told me that I never seem to be paying attention in class, which isn't (usually) true. I thoroughly enjoy my nursing classes and try my hardest to get everything out of them that I can.
"Well, I have to tell you," my professor today said, "that when you first started in my class last semester, I didn't think you were paying attention either. You always have a smile on your face...nursing students aren't supposed to be so cheerful with all the stress they're under, so I just assumed you weren't even listening to me and that your mind was somewhere else! It wasn't until I started asking questions and you started answering them, and I started seeing your test scores, that I realized that you really and truly to listen to what I'm saying.
I finished up what I was doing in lab and headed out to my car. I opened the door (almost falling over in the process because it was frozen shut), climbed into the driver's seat, and pulled the mirror down. I looked at myself in it and tried to make a straight face. I failed. *Shrugs* I guess I'll have to live with a cheery disposition my whole life, even if it does give people a false impression that I'm not listening sometimes :P But let me tell ya, it's a whole lot better than being miserable every day!
And as a random side note, I've also learned through nursing school that I'm fun to tease :P The girls in my clinical group call me the "baby" because I'm the youngest student in the nursing program. They always tell me to plug my ears when they're talking about something that they claim is over my head, haha. Yesterday we were practicing putting in IVs during lab, and discussing how we could practice more at home.
"Ashley, you can go practice on your stuffed animals!"
My sarcastic comeback? "Nope, I got rid of all those when I turned 18!"
One of my classmates looked at me and said "O, ok! That was, what, yesterday?"
And as a random side note, I've also learned through nursing school that I'm fun to tease :P The girls in my clinical group call me the "baby" because I'm the youngest student in the nursing program. They always tell me to plug my ears when they're talking about something that they claim is over my head, haha. Yesterday we were practicing putting in IVs during lab, and discussing how we could practice more at home.
"Ashley, you can go practice on your stuffed animals!"
My sarcastic comeback? "Nope, I got rid of all those when I turned 18!"
One of my classmates looked at me and said "O, ok! That was, what, yesterday?"
Yep yep yep. That's you. :)
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