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This is coming from a female nursing student, AMEN BROTHER! I am experiencing the same thing in my classes. There are days when it takes all my strength to stay in my seat and not tell them all to SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE! I guess this is why I get along better with men in work/school environments. Don't get me wrong I'm not one of those women incapable of having female friends but I can't stand all the *****ing and whining. "professor so-n-so can't we move the test date b/c we have another test that day." "How do they expect us to do all this?" "blah, blah, complain, compain." You are also right that it does tend to come from the older women in class. This is equally as troubling for me b/c I am 29 and I feel like wearing a sign to class that says "I'm not one of them!"

This is my second semester in nursing school. I also quite my job as a teacher to pursue nursing. It is very scary but it was the best decision I have ever made. My only advice is, if it has been awhile since you have been in school, it would be a good idea to brush up on your biology, anatomy and microbiology. I have not had a problem so far but it has been a struggle for some students that I am in class with who have not had a science class in awhile. Good Luck! It's not going to be as bad as you think.

I have never heard of having your books unbound and holed. It is a fantastic idea. I will be trying that this coming semester