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My friend was in nursing school last year. One of her classmates ratted her out to the clincal instructor and she got kicked out of school. It was not about patient safety or anything. If her classmate kept her mouth shut, my friend would still be in school. I dont like snitches.

most of my group projects, i don't do the work. do i care? no, i do not. i pay attention to the graded stuff. an intelligent person would probably not care less about the group project either because it is not graded. why then rat people out on something that is not going to effect them in anyway? it just does not make any sense.

You mean all of you would rat students out on non graded assignments to the instructor because they in your view did not contribute to the assignment? Come on now, you guys are best to be avoided. Some students don't have the knowledge base in their head or some just don't want to be in a group. I know that in nursing schools, you don't trust anyone and this is just a good example of it. Geez, I better step it up some in my group projects before some of my fellow classmates would rat me out to the instructor! Thanks for the heads up! I better watch my back!

I dont think it is right. When you work on projects that are non graded, some students are not going to show up or would care less about the assigment because it carries no weight. And you would rat those people out also to the instructor on a non graded group assignment. I am not a TROLL but I do not agree with you handling the situation like that. It is best that students avoid you.

Just curious, what if it was like a non graded group project. And you were in the same situation. How would you react to it? I am not a TROLL.. I am just asking.

In my school, we always have to work in groups. I mean, some of it is not graded or the weight of the group presentation is like a very very small percentage of your total grade. If I knew that some of my classmates talked bad behind my back because I did not contribute to a non graded group presentation, it would be kind of bad because I see the same students everyday. But, my classmates dont really care about other studnets not doing anything because some of my classmates put more effort in a group presentation. And I am not a TROLL. Just because I stated my opinion and you dont accept it does not make a TROLL!

To tell you the truth, I always slack off with group projects also and let others do the work. I am currently doing well in my nursing classes when I am at it on my own. Some people don't like group projects and they are intelligent people. I dont think it is right that you ratted them out.

Ouch, I am a pharmacy tech. I have an AA degree in Pharmacy Technolgy. I been thru pharm a lot harder than this but the key was an effective instructor. That is missing here. It is not the students. It is the instructor.

We got our exams back today There are only 12 people in our pharm class. I talked with about seven people in my class that were approachable. I do not know about the grades of the other five people because I don't communitcate with those students. Out of the seven students I talked with, six failed with below 75% and one passed with 77%. The 77% was the highest. I went to the director. And I asked her that maybe the information is not going through because many people failed. She seemed disintereted or maybe irritated at me . I don't know what is going to come of it but I am not hopeful. The pharm instructor had the nerve of saying that the "grades were allright." So maybe this is the end for me. I know her exams are going to be that difficult. I might as well quit now instead of wasting my time, studying for her next exam which is impossible to pass..

There was a red flag in here. She told the class, "A lot of people pass theory but fail pharm in the other school I teach in. You need to pass pharm to go on." The stuff she lectured about in class was not in the test. She told the class to read the chapters which were 8 long chapters with no focus on what to study for. She gives us these drugs on the test from out of the blue from the book and she expects us to know about 800 or so drugs without telling us to know which one to focus on. And the drugs she told us to focus on were not in the exam. There were a lot of drug questions. If you missed those drug question, a percentage of your grade is down the drain, say maybe 12%. She gave us these questions on the test, she did not even mention. In any case, a person who got straight A's last semester was vocal in complaining to her that the test was not what she expected. The way I look at it, she is just there for a pay check. If students fail, or a majority of them do, she probably would not care. Dang, now I have to go into Phd level to pass this course..

I am at my second semester of nursing school. Okay, the first semester, we lost about 8 to 9 people because they could not handle it. This is the second semester. We got a new pharmcology instructor teaching this semester. My first pharmcolgy test was 97%. The new pharmcology instructor was not teaching us a the time when I recived the 97%. The new pharmcolgy instructor came in during mid semester. We had our first test today from the new pharmcology instructor today. I failed it. I would be happy if I got above 60%. We need 75% to pass. A lot of students told me and complained to the instructor that they were not prepared and my classmates told me they failed it. It is not like I am dumb and ready to get weeded out as how the new pharm instructor looks at it... In theory, and my other nursing classes I am close to 90%. The new pharmcology instructor is new and quite young, maybe 24 years old and inexperienced in teaching...She told the class at the other school she is teaching at, a lot of people fail...If I fail pharm, I don't continue...

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In the working world, I believe a good enviroment is being a team player. And that means helping other nurses out if there is something wrong with patient care. I am a nursing student now and I know how productive being a team player is. If you constantly have to watch your back on something you did that would not effect patient care in a serious way, then the environment would be terrible in my view. I would not rat a nurse out on something that was not serious but help the nurse rather than getting her in trouble.

In a situational situation, you will probably be the one informing your boss that your co-worker came in late 5 minutes. I hate rats..You think you are doing the right thing, you are just a stupid rat and always will be one..

What? You don't know the whole story. The snitch told on my friend to the instructor because my friend did not know how to do something in her clinical rotation. That is a snitch because she could have kept quiet about it. No lives where in danger. Anyway, I hate rats. I remember when I was in elementary school, my classmates used to tell on me to the teacher because I said a bad word. Friggen rats, should mind their dam business! The same situation applies here about cheating. It is no different.

My friends was at nursing school last year. A fellow student snitched on her during their clinical rotation in the hospital. The fellow student told the instructor that my friend was incompetent and did not know what she was doing. Well after the snithing the instructor, kicked her out of school. The thing about it, now my friend is in a different school and doing very well. Did that snitch help anything? Nope, she was just a stupid rat.

I found this article in the internet about snitching. I agree with the article 100% You Snitch, You Disappear By Mr. Mafioso Street Life Correspondent - Every 2nd Friday Definition Whistleblower: One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority. Also known as a rat, snitch and scum bag. I'm going to be brutally honest. Not that I haven't been in the past, but this is another kind of honesty. The kind most people don't like to hear. Here is today's lesson. Let's get it perfectly straight where I stand on a certain issue. Whether you are a whistleblower, a rat, a tattletale, a snitch, a stool pigeon, or Benedict Arnold, you have to disappear because you are the scum of the earth. I don't care how honorable you think you are or whether you think you're saving humanity -- if you open your mouth about things you shouldn't, you are going to suffer the consequences. Why? Because the act of being a rat and ratting out those closest to you or your "Organization" must never be tolerated -- it is a stab wound that never heals. Betrayal is something I don't tolerate. You disagree with something I did or something I think, fine; you don't have to love me, but the minute you act like a coward and sell me out, you have passed the point of no return. Yes, blood is a big expense, but the cleaning bill for a rat is an even bigger expense. In my line of work, this is the punishment for being a rat. We all know this when we get into our thing . But let me be unmistakably clear about something; every single one of you reading this is not in my business so don't even dream of clipping anyone. You are a sorry fool if you think that in your world, death is an appropriate punishment. I am going to be the biggest hypocrite this side of Italy, but I am telling you, do not even think about, or even imagine, taking someone's life. You are not me, you don't live with my rules, you are not in La Cosa Nostra and you will never be. Capisce? I mean it this time, capisce ? some things should be unspoken Just like men and their mistresses, there are certain things that are better left unsaid. When you join our Organization, you understand the rules of the game. Sure, we break the rules from time to time; we will never admit it, and we may even dip into the pocket of another, but we never rat each other out. Omerta is sacred. We don't have fancy work contracts, employment agreements, or any other BS document overpriced lawyers charge for, but we have our verbal understandings as gentlemen. La Cosa Nostra has no tolerance for a rat. A rat is punished with death -- it's that simple. And what if he's a close friend? Well, then the act becomes even more despicable. There is an agreement in place when information is shared among people, especially if that information is privileged, whether it's in a Family like mine or a company like where you probably work. To break that agreement is like spitting on the Bible. It's unacceptable. You break our code of honor, you're a gutless bastard of a rat, plain and simple. Like I said before, saving your own ass, avoiding jail time, getting even, or showing off is no excuse to rat someone out. Being ratted out will make even the most gentle of men turn into savage beasts hell-bent on revenge, because you are not only betraying them, but you are going outside the organization to do so, whether you sell your story to a scummy newspaper or the Feds. why would anyone rat you out? So you now know how I feel about rats. Good. Now let's take a few steps back. Why would a scum bag become a rat in the first place? From my experience, there are four reasons. Let's look at them. 1- For the good of society People rat others out because they think , notice I wrote think , they are saving the world. They think they are the freaking reincarnation of Mother Teresa and think what they do in life actually matters. Well, fugedaboudit . Look at recent history. Whether it was the tobacco whistleblower or the Enron chick who opened her big trap, they quickly faded into history as big mouths and nothing more. For ratting on things they weren't supposed to, what did they get? Their lives got torn upside down, their existence was threatened, their personal history was exposed, their reputations got tainted, their characters were questioned, they contemplated suicide, and they didn't see a penny for their efforts (but they did get a big fat legal bill). Linda Tripp exposed horny ex-president Clinton, and look what happened. While the kneeler Lewinsky is banking on her notoriety, Trapp Face has to deal with a debt of millions she used to defend herself in court. Did they save us from anything? Of course not. Half the country still smokes and will continue to smoke. Clinton continues doing whatever it is he does in Harlem. And as for Enron, are you that stupid to believe that corporate greed has disappeared as a result of all these investigations? Did La Cosa Nostra disappear after over 70 years of persecution? Doing stuff for society's good is as useless as posting up speed limits on the highway. It's not your battle to fight. Get over it, go back to suburbia, and drink it off. 2- Revenge Some people rat out to get revenge. Though it might seem like a justifiable reason, it isn't. There are many ways of getting revenge, and breaking the sacred Omerta isn't one of them. Rats can always be traced. The world is smaller than you think, and when you are sniffing for a rat, the stench is so strong you can find the source of its droppings from halfway across the world. Like I said before, no matter how p**sed off you are, no matter how much you can't stand a guy, you never rat on him. Not only because you have more class than that, but because ratting on someone awakens the devil within the person being ratted on. Maybe on this side of the world, people are more forgiving, but anyone on the other side of the pond would rather sacrifice their children than let a rat get away with what he's done. There's no excuse under which ratting outside of your organization is acceptable. Not one. Even if you rat within your organization, you are walking a dangerous line. If someone is screwing the Boss over, then you have a duty to your Family to reveal such a transgression, though you might lose more than your eye as a result of being a little tattletale. But regardless, you are still keeping it within the organization. This is the important distinction. The minute you go outside, it becomes unacceptable. Each one of us has our own definition of what their organization or Family is. It can be a company, a crew, a set of friends, etc. They all have unwritten rules of conduct. Just because your friend cheated you during a game of poker, doesn't mean you should pay a visit to his wife to tell her about the night her husband had with some Philippine hookers, when he was supposed to be mowing the lawn. Whatever happens during a bachelor party stays at a bachelor party, even if the bachelor is a selfish pig who doesn't let anyone else in the champagne room. If one of your friends knows of a tax loophole that's preventing the IRS from collecting every penny he has like they were a bunch of 15th century land barons, and he doesn't want to tell you what it is, you wouldn't rat on him. It's his racket and so be it. Am I right, or am I right over here? 3- Saving his sorry miserable excuse of an ass Another inexplicable reason people rat others out is to save their own wretched existence. If the Feds are turning the screws on someone, and you are facing an eternity in the joint with some guy named Bubba who weighs 300 pounds and wears pink underwear, you might be tempted to spill the beans to avoid your future fat cellmate. You might be tempted, but following through is still a very bad move. You see, spending a considerable time in the slammer at least keeps you alive. The minute you rat on someone, you've written your own death certificate. Screw the witness protection program, it doesn't do anything. Our good old government does a very good job of burying all the stories about how many of these so-called "protected witnesses" eventually find themselves sleeping with the fishes. Once they use you, they'll spit you out. The Feds, the IRS, the media, whoever, they don't give a donkey's ass about you or your freaking family. And if you aren't put in the program after ratting someone out, then... then all I can say is I hope you have a will for those you leave behind. I hate violence, I really do, but there are things in life that can push people over the edge. Not many things, but a few very powerful actions by human beings that bring out the worst in people. Ratting on someone is one, but then again, you already know what La Cosa Nostra thinks of rats, so I'm just a broken record, a wise but broken record over here. 4 - Because they like the attention Media whores. That's what people who love the spotlight are. They are actually all cafones , stupid enough to lose everything in life for a few minutes of being a so-called star witness. Tell me, does a stronzo like this deserve to live? The light bulb on the spotlight of a star witness is short, very short, 15 minutes tops. When the bulb burns out and disappears, so do they. so what does a rat gain? Unless you consider increasing your list of enemies a perk, you don't gain anything . Oh yeah, you gain a contract on your head and the pleasure of getting whacked. Now, what you lose is a whole other matter. so what does a rat lose? Let's see the list of goodies you get from being a rat: 1- You lose your reputation. Being a rat is symbolic of a person's character. When you get a rep for being a snitch, you might as well reincarnate because this life won't give you a clean slate to start over your miserable life. Nice having a giant stigma over your head, ain't it? 2- Along with reputation and character assassination, people lose all trust in you. No matter how honorable you think what you're doing is, you'll only be remembered as an oversized stool pigeon (likely with tiny testicoli ). 3- You become hated by people who used to love you, including your wife, your kids, your friends, and everyone you care about, because the spotlight is not only shining on you but on the people closest to you. Your wife will love having her dirty laundry aired on some rag. Nice going tough guy. 4- You lose your job, your financial security and will probably owe Johnnie Cochran $8.6 million in lawyer's fees. That's if you rat on your Organization. If it's a friend, you lose much more. Good for you chump. Did I say chump? I meant champ. 5- You can lose your life. That could be fine if you always wanted to know how hot Hell really is, but for most of you this is not a desirable outcome. You never know the limit of someone's anger. stop the snitching The messenger always gets killed. Plain and simple. If you didn't understand anything else I wrote, try to understand that. Nothing is worth ratting on someone. Nothing. End of lesson. You don't need the headache, you already have one -- she bore your children. Watch your backs and keep your noses clean.

You should check if she has a record of any kind. If she does not have a criminal record then there is nothing there. To get criminal records, you have to contact the FBI and the California Department of Justice. She has to send them their finger prints. The FBI and the California Department of Justice check records for people all the time. She should contact them. In any case, that is where the California State Board of Nursing get their information from, the FBI and the California Department of Justice.

Don't rat them out. You think you are going to save the whole friggen world if you rat them out? No, you are not. People cheat all the time in every aspect of life. You are not going to make a difference. Who cares if they cheat. You think these students who cheat are A students like you? Face reality and mind your own business. To me, a snitch, tattle tale is a scumbag.

I just started also and I am not doing too well.

that is a county job...they pay a lot more than other places.

I am a LPN student...The RN instructor treats me like crap..

The union helps employees in getting good pay and benifits.

Hi. I went to school in San Jose last year. I live near San Francisco which is 50 miles away. How is San Jose like? Well it is not crowded like a city and it's very big. It reminds me of a big suburb in a city. It has a very diverse population. The cities around San Jose is not as diverse as San Jose.

You are only 36. That does not make you old. If you think like a old person then people will see that. In my classes, we have classmates over 50.