Being a nurse has been my dream for years. I put my heart into this from day one. I went to clinicals even when I was 9 months pregnant, had my daughter and came back 5 days later to finish the semester (1st semester). I did great on 2nd semester and last spring I was supposed to start my 3rd. I dropped the class due to leaving my abusive boyfriend and other personal problems. Came back this fall to retake the class. My grades were: 82, 84, 72 and 66.
Average: 74. I failed the class by 1 point. My school only allows us to take the same class twice. Anything more than that and you're out. I'm out.
I'm devastated. Broken. I've put so much into this. I was so close and now I'm miles away. Everything depended on me graduating in June. Now I won't graduate at all. I don't even know what to do from now on. My family tells me to beg for a point, but I know they won't give it to me.
Has anybody been in this situation?? I don't mind retaking the class if they allow me to. But being DROPPED?? After everything i went through??
I'm griving today as if someone had died. My dream died.
Im not upset that I didn't beg for the point in one of my classes, if you didn't earn it than why are you entitled to it? It's one thing if you have rationale to back up why you deserve the point, like the test question was a miss and you can show why both answers should be accepted. But if it's your own fault that you came up short it seems wrong to me to beg to get it. There are students that every semester come up only a point short, they have to draw the line somewhere.
To the OP I agree with what someone else said about trying to get readmitted.
Oh please, I am happy that I begged for that point. If I didn't I would not be able to apply for the fall 2010 semester. I am a mother of twin two year olds, and because they were sick during this flu season, I had to miss a couple of labs. My teacher understood and was compassionate. I don't think that the poster should just give up and that accept that she is out of the program. The God that I serve is wonderful and powerful; he makes a way out of no way and opens all kinds of doors. So until she has exhausted all of her options with the current program that she is in, I don't think she should give up. When everyone has told her no, then she should look at other opportunities.
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Oh please, I am happy that I begged for that point. If I didn't I would not be able to apply for the fall 2010 semester. I am a mother of twin two year olds, and because they were sick during this flu season, I had to miss a couple of labs. My teacher understood and was compassionate. I don't think that the poster should just give up and that accept that she is out of the program. The God that I serve is wonderful and powerful; he makes a way out of no way and opens all kinds of doors. So until she has exhausted all of her options with the current program that she is in, I don't think she should give up. When everyone has told her no, then she should look at other opportunities.
I didn't say she should just give up, I said I don't agree with begging for points you didn't earn. I am a mother as well to 4 kids and I too had a child that got sick during flu season (which we are still in) I got the H1N1 and my toddler got it and then got a secondary infection of bronchitis. I came within 2 points of a better grade in my pharm class, for 2 of the 7 exams I didn't do as well and even though I got a 100% on the final I still was 2 points shy of that higher grade. It was my fault I didn't get those points and I would not have felt morally right begging for points I didn't earn. Now as I said, if I felt one of the questions on the exam were contradictory to one of the answers and I could have got points that way and had rationale to back up my complaint then I would have done it. God has nothing to do with it. Every semester people come up short. We lost 8 people total our first semester, many of those people were 1-2 points shy of passing. It happens, it sucks when it happens, but it is what it is.
Instructros shouldn't have to feel pressured to give free points by a student begging and crying and it's not Gods doing that an instructor allowed themself to feel guilty into giving you the points. We all have a story, and just because your story involved twins and the flu doesn't mean you deserve special treatment. Do you think when you take the board test that if you go in begging for them to pass you that they will?? They don't care what your story is and it looks a lot more grown up to take responisibility for yourself and your grades and work from there than counting on sob stories and guilt.
You don't have to agree with that, it's my opinion.
during school I worked for administration and here is something that may be helpful. Get out your handbook and look up the proceedure to file for re-admission after being dropped. I found out that students who failed and were given a formal dismissal from the college ( a dismissal was given only after a stint on academic probation did not work) they had to write a formal letter requesting re-admisson listing the reasons that they did not do well and a plan to solve the problem and succeed. Have you ever been on probation? If not you may still have a chance, if you recieve financial aid you may have to pay for the class that you failed more than 2x out of the pocket. A little advice for the future if you have to quit school for any reason and you are not finished take an incomplete at this point you can either pick up where you left off or start it over again. Good luck dont give up do some research and meet with an advisor!
No, No, No; never give up! some years ago, approximately 12...I was 3 classes from graduating with my Bachelors in Nursing and failed one class by 1 point and the instructor wouldn't let me retake the test or give me extra points with an extra assignment! What did I do? I went back to the community college I had trasnsferred from two years earlier and God made a way for the community college to take the Nursing courses I had taken at the University. Well, long story short, I graduated 8 months later, then went back to the University as a RN and only took a few classes and finished with my Bachelors a year after getting my ADN! In addition; I just passed my FNP Certification last week. So, never ever give-up! If it's your dream like you said? THEN GO GET IT!
Oh honey, I disagree, but you have your opinion and I have mine. I’m just glad that I didn’t have to take chemistry over again. Are you taking your class over again? Oh and trust me God had everything to do with it. I give him all the credit for everything I do. :nuke::nuke:
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Oh honey, I disagree, but you have your opinion and I have mine. I'm just glad that I didn't have to take chemistry over again. Are you taking your class over again? Oh and trust me God had everything to do with it. I give him all the credit for everything I do. :nuke::nuke:
No I am not, I passed the class, I just came in short of the better grade. But I HAVE retaken classes and many times I have come in 1-2 points shy of a better grade. Sorry I disagree on the God thing, why didn't God give you the point to begin with so you wouldn't have had to put your instructor in the bad position of begging for it, or given you the ability to do a little better to earn the point on your own? Just curious
Well maybe because I am nothing without GOD, maybe he needed to test my faith, I don't know. But I trusted in him and I didn't have to repeat my class. And again I say, THANK YOU JESUS!!!! Trust and believe in HIM, and you will go far. Maybe you should try HIM.
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Well maybe because I am nothing without GOD, maybe he needed to test my faith, I don't know. But I trusted in him and I didn't have to repeat my class. And again I say, THANK YOU JESUS!!!! Trust and believe in HIM, and you will go far. Maybe you should try HIM.
Please don't make assumptions on my life, I do have God in my life. I don't see how it tested YOU. You weren't tested, in the end you didn't get the point and you didn't retake the class or anything like that, in the end you guilt tripped your instructor into giving you a point you didn't earn. I dunno, maybe I go to a different church, but I wasn't taught this was the way God works and teaches us.
I think you will find though one you are IN nursing school, things aren't run this way and more often then not, begging won't get you where you need to be.
Regardless though, I am done with this "debate" it's not what the original post is about. Have a good night :)
Well the relationship that I have with God, I know that he will provide my all my needs, I trusted that His will would be done, and apparently it was. I don't think I will have any problems once I get in. I want to become a CRNA, so I have to make sure I keep a 3.5 and above through out my college career. Again I say TRUST HIM, and see where that will take you.
request a meeting with the DON and teacher...hopefully they can come up with a resolution..its unfortunate, b/c the first class you didnt fail, you dropped...i would try, and also apply for readmission if you can...
Please don't make assumptions on my life, I do have God in my life. I don't see how it tested YOU. You weren't tested, in the end you didn't get the point and you didn't retake the class or anything like that, in the end you guilt tripped your instructor into giving you a point you didn't earn. I dunno, maybe I go to a different church, but I wasn't taught this was the way God works and teaches us.
I think you will find though one you are IN nursing school, things aren't run this way and more often then not, begging won't get you where you need to be.
Regardless though, I am done with this "debate" it's not what the original post is about. Have a good night :)
I kinda see where you are coming from about the begging for the point. I just found out that I was a point and a half away from an A in a humanities class, and I was really ticked about it, and really wished I could ask for some extra credit to bump it up to an A, but in the end, I didn't earn the A. Begging for a point just wouldn't be right. And this taught me a lesson to be better prepared and work harder next time. I agree that God can do awesome things, but he helps those who help themselves first. Nursing school is tough business and we have to be on top of our game. You're right, the O.P. shouldn't ask for a point. It isn't fair for the instructor to give her a point and not give anyone else one
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I kinda see where you are coming from about the begging for the point. I just found out that I was a point and a half away from an A in a humanities class, and I was really ticked about it, and really wished I could ask for some extra credit to bump it up to an A, but in the end, I didn't earn the A. Begging for a point just wouldn't be right. And this taught me a lesson to be better prepared and work harder next time. I agree that God can do awesome things, but he helps those who help themselves first. Nursing school is tough business and we have to be on top of our game. You're right, the O.P. shouldn't ask for a point. It isn't fair for the instructor to give her a point and not give anyone else one
That is the same reason I didn't either. I didn't feel right about it and I learned from it. I didn't feel it would be fair to the instructor to even put them in that position.
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Oh please, I am happy that I begged for that point. If I didn't I would not be able to apply for the fall 2010 semester. I am a mother of twin two year olds, and because they were sick during this flu season, I had to miss a couple of labs. My teacher understood and was compassionate. I don't think that the poster should just give up and that accept that she is out of the program. The God that I serve is wonderful and powerful; he makes a way out of no way and opens all kinds of doors. So until she has exhausted all of her options with the current program that she is in, I don't think she should give up. When everyone has told her no, then she should look at other opportunities.