sunshine344

Sorry to hear your semester didn't go so well. Is this your first semester? My first semester was kind of tough because it was a new environment for me and now I feel a little more comfortable, but like you, I haven't really been able to bond with students and have found that there aren't a lot of good people in the class that are worth being friends with. The people who you think are your friends sometimes may turn out to not be true friends. I hope i'm not discouraging you or anything.You can make it. Just don't let anyone step on your feet. As far as study groups go, I have found that they don't really help me and I do better with just one study partner. You could speak to your instructors and explain your situation without revealing too much.Sometimes they will understand, if they are nice. Good Luck!

I have just finished my first semester of an LVN program, which is 3 semesters long. I was thinking of skipping second semester and then returning the following semester. The reasons for this are because I feel Like I really need a brake from all the stress of last semester and 4 weeks of winter break isn't enough time for me, but then again I hate to prolong school. Has anyone done this before and if so, then what happened next? Will I still be able to continue on to the following semester or will it be harder to assure that there will a spot for me in the class?

I'm not sure of the reason for being shunned, but I think it might have something to do with my relationship with the teacher, which wasn't very good because I found the teacher to be unapproachable and rude. I didn't feel comfortable asking her anything because she figured I should already know and I felt she didn't want to teach. She wasn't the kind who likes to demonstrate how to do something and when others would make mistakes, she wasn't as hard on them as she was on me. Some of the students liked her and I feel they were kissing up to her by pointing out my mistakes in front of her. Some other reason could be because I am more reserved than the rest of them. I have never asked them if they had a problem with me, I only asked them how they think I'm doing. It was just a big headache and I'm glad its finished. My first rotation was great because I had the most perfect teacher I could ask for. She was hands on and always offering to help if I needed it and I felt I could talk to her and she didn't have this snotty " higher than thou" attitude, like the last one. I guess its just personality conflicts between people. As far as asking a CNA to help, they rarely ever help any students and they would just say the same thing that the students said, that they are busy. So I would just wash one side of the patient and if I couldn't find any help then, I would just do something else and wait for the right moment to ask someone and when I did ask they would give me a look like, why are you asking me, this is your patient. I agree that I am in school to learn, not make friends, but it would be nice if people would give me a hand when I ask them or at least tell me they will as soon as they are finished doing what it is they are doing.

Why do people treat the man in his 60's so bad? Is one of the reasons it because of the age difference? I have heard alot of gossiping in my group, but luckily it hasn't got to the extent in which you are describing. How old are these women? I have already made it through this first semester and now im enjoying my Christmas break. Your right they are stuck up and they act like "know it alls" for example, if I'm not quite sure how to do something,then one of them will rub it in by telling me that she can do it like a pro. I think the teacher influences the students behaviors when she gets in my face right away and makes me feel small by making rude comments and the students seem to feed off of them. Well I'm glad you found the strength to make it through and if I were you I would distance myself from these maniac animal haters. Good Luck to you.

Thank you all for your promt replies. I agree with what most of you have to say about just not letting it bother me and try to focus on my main goal. Chicagoing,yes I have spoke up and asked students for their help and whenever I do, they always make up some excuse that they are busy with something else and so I just stopped asking them. There was one time I let our substitute teacher know that I needed a hand and she let one of the students know, but then when I went back to the room no one came, so I went back out and the student that the teacher had asked to help me was just standing there behind the teacher and then the teacher had to tell her again that I needed help. Finally she came to help me and while we were working together her friend starts asking her in a whining voice to come help him, but she was smart enough to tell him that he had to wait because she was helping me. It doesn't bother me so much that they ignore me its the "not showing teamwork" part that gets to me. Shaas, I like your reply and your right I'm not going to change myself to fit it in to this clique. I pray that next semester I will have better luck.

I have just completed my first semester in an LVN program and my second rotation unfortunately didn't go as well as the first. I felt like a total outcast in a small group of 5, including me. For example, all 4 of them would stick together and help each other with turning and bathing, but when I needed help, none of them wanted to help me and they would treat me as though I am invisible, as if I weren't even there.I discussed this with the teacher but she wasn't concerned the least and she wasn't a good teacher to begin with,she definitely had her favorites and I wasn't one of them. I'm not sure what the reason was for me being singled out. Maybe it was because of all of them are Asian, and I am not. I am a nice person and was more than willing to help out my fellow classmates, but when I needed them they were no where to be found. I felt as though I were an alien. Nobody deserves to be treated this way, especially when they haven't done anything wrong. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for reading.