can we have an honest discussion about foreign profs?

[richardgecko]

I finished my first semester of nursing this past spring & I had two foreign profs, one for pharmacology & one for intro to med surg - arguably the hardest classes of 1st semester. One prof was Indian and the other Chinese.

I earned a c in both classes...

But in pathophysiology, health assessment & clinicals, I earned As. I had American profs in all three courses.

This is a recurring issue for me throughout my college career. I excel when I have American professors but I struggle when I have foreign profs. In microbiology, my prof. was Japanese & had a thick accent. I passed his class with a low C. I had an American lab professor for the lab component & I earned an A.

I feel as though in the classes that I have foreign profs, they don't lecture as well. It has little to do with the accent & more to do with the way they lecture. They just read the slides...I can do that on my own! And I dont like being read to AT ALL. My American professors are more engaging & approach lecturing differently. Anyone else run into this issue?

[MiaNursingStudent]

I agreed with 100% of your post...until that.

Oy.

I have only really experienced this in ICU settings. I prefer med-surg myself, and perhaps it may be different because you are a military nurse (respect is expected), but I've been on units with nothing but catty nurses who immediately create cliques and bully the other nurses-- you don't have to agree with it, but there is a lot of research regarding it. Nurses can be bullies and it doesn't mean that it's contained in the hospital.... I've seen nurses lash out on each other and be plain mean to others on the forums. I just think that we could all at least encourage each other- that's all.