Scorpio8932

Thanks for the replies! It's interesting because even the instructors felt the need to point out that it's rather premature for cliques to be forming. Even more interesting is that the "women" who act like this are the older ones with kids and have been cna's forever. I think that as a whole my class is very immature. I do talk here and there with a couple people who are quiet and serious about their education. The problem is, their not in my cohort! So I'm stuck in labs with big mouths. So when we have a ten or fifteen minute break, I use that to read! My peers in EMT school were very different than my nursing school counterparts. Most of them were laid back, serious about medicine and we all got along swimmingly. By the end we were all soo close. It's funny because I do end up sitting by myself in lab because they just talk TOO MUCH. I know I come off as anti social but I'm planning to go to the bsn level and don't have time for high school dalliances.

Hey everyone,a little about me: I have been rummaging this site for a few months now and am finally in nursing school. We just hit the 2nd week mark and needless to say, I am feeling disillusioned. I am 25 and consider myself a quiet, intellectual and interesting person. I come from a background in EMS and was taught from the medical model. The girls in my class are VERY loud, talk over the instructors (who have infinitely more experience), and have righteously joined little "cliques". I am starting to feel isolated because i dont have one. I just feel that I am different from everyone else. Everybody complains about how "hard" the readings are and how so and so teacher got an attitude with them. I, on the other hand find the workload rudimentary in nature and not difficult at all. I don't throw this in people's faces and stay quiet most of the time. I also try to help some people who are struggling. So my question is: Should I try to fit in or not? Thanks for all your replies :)