I'm on pins and needles, waiting for them to post the grades from Final Exams. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Especially if it takes my mind off the wait... :scared:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.

[Aristus]

2. Ha! AGAIN!!

I love it!!! :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Aristus!

Ask you anything...

Hmm.

OK...What's next in your course of study?

You're not done, right?

I know you'll have done well, sweetie...:hug:

[Aristus]

4. Spring Break Clinic, starting on Monday. Time to jump in and see if I can actually swim.

Fortunately, my preceptor will not be a stranger, but the Physician Assistant I've been working with for the past three years. He is a mind-bogglingly gifted teacher. I'm looking forward to it. And after next Friday, two whole weeks off before Spring Quarter begins... :bounce:

[HopeHoops]

5. Ask you anything? Did you remember to show up for the tests?

[Aristus]

7. Every one. Two hours early. Extra studying time...

I was joking that among ultra-competitive Physician Assistant students (self-competitive, not with each other...) the pre-test warmup is almost like an athletic event; power-dancing in the locker room, trash-talking the exam, lot of shoulder-chucking and fist-bumping. I said to a fellow student yesterday before the last exam: "Let's kick this bastard in the balls and go party!" I got a text from a fellow student at another campus: "Let's ROCK this bitch!"

Hope all of that worked...

Still waiting for the grades...

B-)

[taterguy]

6. What's the biggest one you've ever seen?

[Aristus]

8. Biggest what?

Dare I ask? B-)

[taterguy]

9. Are you here to answer questions or ask them?

[Aristus]

10. What's that supposed to mean?

:7

[taterguy]

11. You're certainly asking a lot of questions for someone who offered to answer questions

[Aristus]

13. Who? Me?

:rofl:

[lizziegrace]

12. When are grades supposed to be posted?

And what's to drink tonight??

[Aristus]

14. This afternoon sometime. I've got my student e-mail account open in another window

just waiting...

To drink? Dunno yet. I still have to study for the Mid-Term Pharmacology re-test on Monday. That part sucks... :-(

Good to see you, lizzie... :hug: You make everything better...

[lizziegrace]

15. ...

:hug:

[Aristus]

17. Oh, that deserves another one...

:-)

:hug:

[Taverner]

16. Why Aristus? Why THAT name?

Just asking :)

[Aristus]

18. It's a Latinized version of "Aristocles", which was Plato's real name.

I'm not comparing myself to Plato. I just like the name. Also, if you Google the name, several Saints Aristus pop up...

[Taverner]

19. Gotchya

So do you think we need a Philosopher King?

[Aristus]

20. I'd suggest Marcus Aurelius, except he was such a buzzkill. And his son was such

a deluded, incompetent douche. We've had enough of that in this country.

[Taverner]

23. Yes, yes we have

I dunno, I think Hannah Arendt would have been a great statesman.

[Aristus]

21. The grades are in. I failed the Pharmacology Final...

AARRRRGGHHH! :banghead::banghead::banghead:

This is really going to screw up my Spring Break Clinical rotation...

DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN!!!!!

Every other Final was an improvement over the Mid-Term, too! 100% on my Tech Skills Final. 90% on Emergency Med., an improvement of 5 points. 88% on Maternity and Child Care; up by 1 point over the Mid-Term. 85% on Adult Med, up 4 points over the Mid-Term.

Why can't I crack Pharmacology???...

:mad::grr::nuke::nuke::nuke:

[KitchenWitch]

22. Pharmacology is teh evil.

Too much cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP.

[XemaSab]

24. That's a pisser

Well, at least the other exams went okay. :pals:

[mvd]

25. What was your score?

And can you re-take it?

[Aristus]

26. Mid-Term: 74%; Final: 75%. 80% or better is passing.

Yeah, I can re-take it. I'm re-taking the Mid-Term on Monday. Review for the Final re-test is Wednesday, and the re-test is on Thursday.

But all of that is going to take a day and a half out of my clinical rotation. I don't know where to make up the difference; I've got non-refundable tickets to Victoria B.C. leaving April 1st.

As Bulldog on 'Fraiser' used to say: "This SUCKS! This is TOTALLY BOGUS!!!"

[mvd]

27. Good luck with the re-test, and sorry about the rotation

Guess the thing to do is keep trying and do another rotation later. :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

28. Nooooo!!

I know you'll do well on the re-test. Hang in there!

[Aristus]

29. Thanks, GOPisEvil, ole buddy...

:pals::fistbump:

[Aristus]

30. This sucks. I've lost my mojo! How can I be a P.A. if I can't write prescriptions?

I'll just be the world's most overeducated Medical Assistant! :mad:

I got an 90% on Emergency Med! 88% on Maternity and Child Health! So many others failed that one that they had to break the re-test into two groups! Why can't I bring the goods to Pharmacology? :banghead:

Two of my classmates who failed the Mid-Term speak English as their second language. They have a pretty good excuse for blowing it. Not to mention how incredible it is that they're even taking the program in a language other than their native one! What's my excuse???

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Aw, sweetie...

Any number of things could be involved...

I'd think just the sheer number of exams could do it.

You are going to succeed. I know it.

Can you talk to your instructor about possible reasons for your performance?

It's very normal to rage and be upset...It's part of grieving...

Hang in there.

You WILL succeed.


:hug: :hug:

[Aristus]

35. Thanks, CalPeg.

Your wisdom and good will are a gift beyond price... :hug:

I thought flunking the Mid-Term was a way of keeping me humble and focussed. Sheesh! The last two weeks, I've been focussed like the emitter array on an electron microscope! And now to flunk the Final? Arrrgh!

I'm sorry for the pity-party, CalPeg; before Mid-Terms, I hadn't failed an exam in what seems like a geological era. (Actually, I failed an on-line test during the prelim course, but I don't count that. ;-) )

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. You are MORE than entitled to your pity party!

Thank you for your very kind words...

Keep on trucking, sweetie!

:hug:

[crim son]

31. I haven't read the earlier responses: are you feeling confident?

Also, what are you wearing? :evilgrin: Kidding!

[Aristus]

33. I flunked the Pharmacology Final. Knocked the others out of the park...

So now I have two re-tests to take. I'm thinking of jumping out my window. I mean, it's only the second floor, but maybe I'll get the worst sprained ankle in history...


Anyway, thanks for popping into my thread, crimmy. I've missed you. :hug:

[crim son]

34. I remember you flunked the pharmacology but I also remember

knowing you'd take it again and do fine.

I've been... unhappy. I'm getting over it and starting to remember where my friends are. I wish you all the luck you desesrve.

I decided tonight to go back to school to get my Master's in Psychology. Tomorrow I begin to plan. My point: I empathize. :loveya: :hug: :pals:

[Aristus]

36. That's wonderful, sweetie! I'm happy for you! Go for it!

I'm sorry you've been unhappy, but I'm glad you're coming in out of the tall grass... :hug:

Thanks for being here... B-)

[crim son]

40. I've been in the tall grass since I can remember... it's my handicap.

What are your plans? Career-wise, I mean.

[Aristus]

41. I still plan on graduating and becoming a P.A. I just have to pound Pharmacology into my head.

And BTW, I'm wearing a t-shirt and pajama bottoms, no underwear... :P

[crim son]

42. Uh,

SWEET!

Laughing. I'm in the exact state of mind that makes your revelation v. pleasing.

I've decided not to pursue the P.A. avenue. I have a few reasons, congenital deafness and a tremor of the hands (not yet noticeable, but definitely starting to appear) being two of them. And I think I'd be very good at counseling. Here in the state there is a desperate need for people with even minimal qualifications. It's always been my dream and now I think perhaps I'll follow through.

Do not imagine this segue into my career aspirations has taken my attention from your pjs. I am a simple girl. :P

You'll do FINE!!!!

edited oh damn for spelling

[Aristus]

43. Umm...

My eyes are up HERE!... :evilgrin:

[crim son]

44. Well in my case, that is probably appropriate.

All my talents are down there. :evilgrin:

Laughing. I can't believe I typed that!

[Aristus]

45. I can't believe you clicked "post message"!

:rofl:

I'm sure you're very talented... :blush:

[crim son]

46. Scary, eh?

Imagine tomorrow, when I will probably have a drop or two! :rofl:

I'm trying this new thing: perhaps I ought not? :rofl:

[Aristus]

47. I'd love to be here tomorrow to see for myself.

But I've got a ton of studying to do. I'll have to take a break now and then and pop into the Lounge to see what you're up to...

[crim son]

48. Well, I'm heading out tomorrow but will think of you.

Eventually it should be me studying and you living. :hug:

[Aristus]

49. Check your PM.

B-)

[Critters2]

38. Just assume you've failed. That way, anything feels like gravy!

Good luck! :hi:

[Aristus]

39. Thanks!

B-) :hi: