Cliques within LPN classes

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LPN students already in classes or finishing up: did you find that people paired off predictably within the program?

I have had one of two orientations for my program beginning Aug 20th and just finished a summer pharm calc class...both times, all the freshfaced, wide-eyed younger girls huddled together, all the dudes clustered together, and all us mom-types with our mom haircuts gravitated toward one area. I found it kind of amusing.

I'm quite interested to see how we all interact with each other this year in our classes and if the instructors will try to facilitate situations in which we are made to work in some capacity with a person we wouldn't gravitate toward.

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That is usual. I am in my last week of school and that is how we all started. Like tends to gravitate to like; that is until the pressures of school and the facade begins to fall away. And now we are all intermingled and some people that you would have never put together have developed what looks like will be life long friendships. I even met a student who met her husband in a LVN to RN transition program. They got married after knowing each other all of 8mos.

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People always tend to gravitate towards those who are most like themselves...it makes them feel more comfortable. I never tend to associate with any one group, even during my earlier school years. I've always been more of a loner. I do my best to talk with fellow students from each group. Some people are nice, some people try to be friendly and some people are just stuck up lol. In the nursing world we have to be able to associate with all types of personalities, so we might as well start with our fellow students.

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Mine actually hasn't been too bad. We only had two men starting out and we all hung out. Study groups seemed to be a nice mix of 20-year-olds and 30-40-year-olds. Mingle with everyone and find a group that works for you! :-)

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I haven't started nursing school yet BUT, I plan on sticking with my girlfriends that I went to high school with and that is it. My circle will be limited and I don't to associate myself with some of the girls that are going there however, when I was in community college, I studied with everyone young, old, middle aged, etc, me and this one lady who was in her early 40's were great friends and always studied together and helped one another out if you weren't series then I didn't study with you point blank but I see what you are saying people tend to stick with their own kind or people that are very smart.

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I had my orientation this month and it was definately "get in where you fit in". HAHA. Younger. Older. Talkative people. Guys. The instructors said that first semester you get randomly paired with someone, so I think that will change the dynamics of things.

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. I've always been more of a loner. I do my best to talk with fellow students from each group. Some people are nice, some people try to be friendly and some people are just stuck up lol.

I've been the same way. It's probably the best route to go.

Cliques are apparently always going to be in any classroom type setting. And, just because some people are "adults", doesn't mean they act like it. I'm 22 and I'm more mature than my 40 something year old counterparts.

But hopefully, you won't run into any of those types of people.

Good luck with your studies! It will fly by and it really is worth every second! You'll learn more than you ever thought you would

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