Dont you just HATE some of your classmates?

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I know nursing school has cliques and stuff but in my class, I just hate some of these students. I know it is a competitive atmosphere and you dont trust anyone. Some of my classmates are very stuck up and think they are just better than everyone else. Some of my classmates are very hostile. Some of my classmates talk behind people's back. The list goes on in my class. I guess it is just a reflection of the working world where you dont like everyone. I think I should be glad that I have some friendly aquitances at least. I know that in school you are only there to learn and not make friends.

I have to agree with the previous poster with respect to the downgrading of college education. I am 35 years old and originally attended college fresh out of high school in 1990. I attended two different major universities over a two year period and took a full course load each year (i.e. I had a fair amount of classroom experience).

Since I returned to school several months ago, I have noticed some major changes that I was hoping were not universal to all colleges and universities. First, classroom decorum has all but vanished. In the "old" days, we always called our "teachers" Prof. Last Name or Dr. Last Name. Now, they just want you to call them "Scott" or "Kitty". They used to wear business attire and look professional, now they just show up wearing blue jeans and a polo shirt. There didn't used to be cell phones, and now even the professors are taking calls in class!!!

As far as the education goes, students just seem to want everything handed to them on a silver platter. We used to have the old method of "chalk and talk," now students demand printed copies of the power point presentations and essentially want the professor to "review" the test by giving them questions and answers virtually identical to the real thing. Rather than having to read the text and extract the information themselves, all they have to do is memorize a fact sheet given out by the professor and regurgitate it on the test. And everyone wonders why graduates today can't seem to figure things out on their own!

Finally, some of my classes are online, and I am shocked at how poorly most of these students write. Poor spelling, incorrect grammar and punctuation, and incoherent sentences. It makes me wonder what kind of nurses we're producing nowadays.

Kevin

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Specializes in rehab, dementia.

I am experiencing some of the same issues. Our class is broken into 3 groups....we are a group of 90. My group, we have know it all's, chatterboxers and I can't take it. Some of the students have done the lpn program, failed the NCLEX and they are repeating the whole thing. They think they know everything...yell out the answers when the instructor called on you to answer the question.

I've spoken to several of my instructors about this problem..but they can only do so much. I really loose my flow when some in the back of the class is constantly talking over the instructor. I have to work extra hard so that I will understand what the instructor is presenting.

Thanks for the post!!!!

:angryfire

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Specializes in HHC.

Two weeks before my clinical for nursing school started my mother died from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. I had four children under the age of 12 and I was going through a divorce. I had a group of the same hateful people in my class. So to avoid them, I started a study group and personally tutored a dyslexic and two girls who were from Mexico and South America and had a hard time with our language.

Although the girl from South America ended up dropping out of the program, I was very proud of the girl with dyslexia who received an award at graduation.

I graduated third in my class and was happy with myself for all I had accomplished. What I suggested is find a group of people that YOU like, study with them, go out after class with them...forget about the a**holes in the class, you can't change them.

Enjoy yourself and make friends. Remember that the ones that are like that in nursing school will be like that as nurses. These are the type of nurses you will be working with. Learn to ignor them NOW, consider it practice.

Good Luck...Susan

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Specializes in HHC.

....and the sad thing is....I'm only two classes away from entering the second year of the RN program...and I have no desire...I just don't want to deal with those class idiots again...sad, but true...

So I'll live with my LPN and stay under the radar...

:-)

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All the ones with an attitude are gone,and have to reapply again.I guess instead of focusing on school work they were engaging themselves in catty games,etc.I guess it doesnt pay off to play around in nursing school:)

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
I know nursing school has cliques and stuff but in my class, I just hate some of these students. I know it is a competitive atmosphere and you dont trust anyone. Some of my classmates are very stuck up and think they are just better than everyone else. Some of my classmates are very hostile. Some of my classmates talk behind people's back. The list goes on in my class. I guess it is just a reflection of the working world where you dont like everyone. I think I should be glad that I have some friendly aquitances at least. I know that in school you are only there to learn and not make friends.

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you're doing the same things you're complaining about, right here in this thread.

EDIT: Er, so, this thread is 3 years old, eh?

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Well I guess i'm lucky b/c there is nothing for our class to be competitive about. There are 76 students in all in my class. 3 males and the rest are female. We're in a hospital diploma program in one of the biggest hospitals in Virginia. Our school doesn't even offer Valedictorian or salutorian, just honor roll.We just finished 3 days of orientation, and from what weh ave learned what we're going to be doing for the next 3 years, no one is going to have time to even think about anyone else.:heartbeat

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