I'm sorry, I know it sounds harsh but DON'T ENROL IN COLLEGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE WORK!!!!
I'm so sick of hearing people come here and ask people to feel sorry for them because they fell asleep in clinical and got kicked out, or because they decided not to do their work and failed.... You are in College, not elementary school GROW UP, take some responsibility, and until your ready to do that DROP OUT OF SCHOOL quit waisting the money!!! Quit making stupid excuses, it only makes you seem dumb and immature!
**** Please understand that I'm not speaking to those who are trying and make an honest mistake, only those that seem to think everything should be handed to them with no effort on their part.
Is it just me or do you run into people like this too????
I was responding to your assertion that she hadn't yet experienced clinicals or begun classes, and was pointing out that she may have indeed already begun them.
I'm sorry but I just don't see how somebody can be so mad over somethings(due to the all caps/exclamation points) just from reading other people's posts.
Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. I start RN program in January and I am going to dislike working with people like the OP who seem to love to complain, and loudly.
I'm sure there are a lot of lazy people in nursing school, just like there are a lot of lazy people in all areas and walks of life, but freaking out this much about something over which you have no control is a good way to get a stroke. No thanks.
I was responding to your assertion that she hadn't yet experienced clinicals or begun classes, and was pointing out that she may have indeed already begun them.
Ahhh and I'm going by her title(years experienced ). She did say that she's so sick "of coming on here" and reading what others are saying, but you may be right.
In many cases, what these students do, isn't my problem. But when you cheat, it effects me. When you tick off the instructor, it effects me. When you talk in class and I can't hear, it effects me. And God forbid some of these people actually pass the NCLEX..want them to take care of you or your family members?
Falling asleep, eh, not my problem and as someone else posted, they could be just tired from working, family, etc. So I agree on that one. And I do agree that in many cases you just have to deal with it, because if the school and/or instructors don't do anything about it, you can't either. Wasted energy worrying about them. :)
It actually is a bit frustrating, atleast at my school, during the last couple classes of each 9 weeks (our classes are in 9 week increments). Monday I took my final and then a classmate and I (who both knew we had passed regardless of our grade on our final) specifically avoided the rest of the class, because of how crazy the drama gets when people "suddenly" realize they are going to fail.
Last 9 weeks one girl was in tears for about an hour (before knowing what she got on her test) and another girl was consoling her, and then suddenly the grades were in and the girl consoling was at severe risk of failing and the other student was not remotely close to being at risk (this was in getting grades for our last test before the final). They had this HUGE blow out, yelling at eachother and all sorts of crazy drama. Meanwhile one girl was silently fuming (you know, in that way where you know they're about to lose it and it radiates off of them, but they're not speaking) and the guy in our class, who was severely at risk, was stomping out the door, not talking to anyone, storming off with stormclouds over his head.
This is the norm in my class at the end of each term. Its silly because they should have asked for help after the FIRST failed test grade, not the last. But thankfully it just happens a few days every couple of months, and generally not during time when I have to try to learn while they're freaking out, so it doesn't really affect me. But I can understand being annoyed by it.
Your not even in the first semester of nursing school yet,(I see from your title/yrs experience you start in Jan) so what are you worried about? Your were talking about "clinicals" in your first post...but you haven't even been to any yet. I'm just curious as to why you seem so irate about something you didn't even experience yet? Yes your reading other people's posts, but sheesh, I'd hate to see your attitude in the clinical setting.
Why do you comment on my attitude? Because I think people should work for what they get? Because I said I don't want to help you if your not making an effort to try? I'm sure that's not what you mean, but I'm confused as to why you would hate to see my attitude in a clinical setting? Could you please clarify?
And the particular comment on about clinicals I took from a post I read on here and used it as an example. That in no way means that I haven't personally come into these type of situations in my other classes. I took Micro Biology over the summer and everyone in the class, except me and one other girl, was in NS (our school has classes all year you don't get the summer off) and I would hear quite a few of them complain because they are failing and how impossible it is to get all that work done. Then shortly after make plans to go out and "get waisted again". And then they want to get all snotty with me because I had a 97 in Micro, and they were failing. I've also had people ask to cheat off of my math tests, for me to write their essays, and do tests for them for online classes.
It just grates on me... People seem to think that because I "don't have a job" (they seem to think that life with 3 kids, youngest is 10 weeks old, leaves me with nothing to do) that should mean that I should have time to take up their slack. I just don't understand it!
It just grates on me... People seem to think that because I "don't have a job" (they seem to think that life with 3 kids, youngest is 10 weeks old, leaves me with nothing to do) that should
Welcome to life?
This is how it is everywhere. There will always be people who don't hold up their end of the deal. You have to deal with it as best you can (which does not include freaking out and having a stroke over it) and move on.
Because I think people should work for what they get? Because I said I don't want to help you if your not making an effort to try?
I find it more than a little silly that you're griping about how 'lazy' other people are when you don't know their circumstances, and how difficult things may be in their own lives, yet at the same time are telling us your circumstances and how difficult things are in your own life. See the inconsistency? There are probably a lot of people you will work with who have as many kids as you do, yet are working full time. Everyone's situation is different.
I don't have any kids to look after, but I'm sure not going to judge people based on their own life circumstances. If they are being lazy and not doing their jobs, it will come to light soon enough on it's own without me needing to get upset over it.
Plato reminds us: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Just wanted to share that it is helpful to get used to people with a work ethic that is not exactly uhhhh....energetic. A dear nurse friend gave me this tidbit when I was in LPN school complaining about the lazy students. She said, and it is very true, that your career will be filled with lazy people. My life has been made much easier since I learned to let it go. I do whatever is needed to complete my job whether its the tech's (who is talking on their cell and eating a drippy cheeseburger over top of my charts while not on break) responsibility or not. If my techs or fellow nurses aren't doing their share I will pick up what whatever slack I can because I like to stay busy and things need to get done but other than that I refuse to waste one second of my time being negative. The good news is that far more people are wonderful and it makes me even more appreciative for them.
AMEN!! I actually just had a run-in during a portion of my dosage final. Our professor would let us work together on all of our in-class work. So, he broke our final into 3 parts. 1 we would work together on, 1 was take home and 1 was standard work alone. The night that we took the work-together portion of the exam, one of the girls in my class came over and asked me about a question and I told her that I had not even looked at it yet. She then proceeds to say, "Well, I guess that you wouldn't know how to find the answer anyway." I nearly exploded....I looked at her and said, "No, I guess I should get up and walk around the room asking people for answers like you are." Now, I just got my final grade and not only did I have an A, but I had the highest grade in the class by a rather large margin. I don't normally say anything to people like that, but enough is enough and I don't need someone who is too LAZY to do the work asking me for answers and then insulting my intelligence.
). She did say that she's so sick "of coming on here" and reading what others are saying, but you may be right.
donsterRN, ASN, BSN
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I was responding to your assertion that she hadn't yet experienced clinicals or begun classes, and was pointing out that she may have indeed already begun them.