venting!

[bartmc1]

I'm in my second semester of nursing school. It was highly competitive program to get into and I am very proud to be here. I am a 39 y/o father of 5, happily married and I work 36 hours a weekend. I am perturbed by a fellow male vet. He currently serves in the army reserves. I have done my time in. This guy is constantly demanding special considerations such as additional study time after a weekend drill and he'll make up appointments regarding service so he can skip clinicals or at least leave early. Am I wrong for getting mad because he is getting away with it as well as I don't believe I want a fellow nurse abusing circumstances after we graduate. More importantly I feel this is feeding something deeper. He dosent seem to belong to the same set of rules as the rest of us. Any advise?

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

There's nothing constructive you can do about this, so save your sanity and let it go. This behavior may appear to be working for him now, but it won't forever.

Please don't use your own photograph as an avatar. It makes it too easy for fellow students, instructors, future employers and colleagues to identify you and your posts. Maybe you haven't made an unpopular, stupid or controversial post yet, but odds are you will in the future. Do you really want an offended colleague printing out your posts to share with your boss?