The "best and the brightest" are not always the most caring, compassionate and empathetic. Clearly. I just started my first block of nursing school at a community college. I am also a college dropout, my parents are divorced and i have a family member with a substance abuse problem. Pair all that with being a young mom and married at 19 and now I've gone back to school as an "adult learner", I'm about as low class as it gets.I should just quit school now.