fanw (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fanw) wrote,@ 2008-07-10 22:07:00 |
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First Day of School
Well, today was my first day of school. I biked in (a comfortable 15 minutes downhill) in time to enjoy a half hour of pastries and coffee before we started. I can't even count how many introductions I had, but it was so many that all the administrators began to blend together into a mass. You see, today was orientation day, not the beginning of classes which will be Monday. Nonetheless, we did several useful things: learned about how curriculum and testing works, learned about our societies (kind of like Hogwarts), did a practice case study and saw our first patient. Yes, this was day One.
When I say "saw a patient" what do I mean? Well, this kind elderly fellow came in front of our class and let himself be interviewed by one of the upperclassmen. They later opened up the questions to the class and we could ask anything we liked. Anything we liked about panhypopituitarism, that is. It was, I must say, all rather fascinating. I think I'm going to like this.
Another plus of the day was my society. They split us (like Hogwarts) into four societies. Mine happens to have a deep forest green as its color and a dragon as its mascot, so naturally, ours is the best. Our Dean/Advisor/Mentor also happens to be an internist, an MPH, and a woman, which all naturally makes me inclined to see a certain commonality. Add to that she's eloquent and down-to-earth and you have a winning combination. I think I'm going to like this.
So today was merely a beginning. I'm quite sure they won't feed us three times a day in the future. I also already have homework for the first day of class, which just goes to show the pace I should get used to in the next few weeks. I do wish I had a little more time to, say, buy a desk, switch my driver's license, unpack, do laundry, and all those sundry other things that must now get done in the tween-times. Nonetheless, it is a lovely start to what will surely be an interesting four years.
Well, today was my first day of school. I biked in (a comfortable 15 minutes downhill) in time to enjoy a half hour of pastries and coffee before we started. I can't even count how many introductions I had, but it was so many that all the administrators began to blend together into a mass. You see, today was orientation day, not the beginning of classes which will be Monday. Nonetheless, we did several useful things: learned about how curriculum and testing works, learned about our societies (kind of like Hogwarts), did a practice case study and saw our first patient. Yes, this was day One.
When I say "saw a patient" what do I mean? Well, this kind elderly fellow came in front of our class and let himself be interviewed by one of the upperclassmen. They later opened up the questions to the class and we could ask anything we liked. Anything we liked about panhypopituitarism, that is. It was, I must say, all rather fascinating. I think I'm going to like this.
Another plus of the day was my society. They split us (like Hogwarts) into four societies. Mine happens to have a deep forest green as its color and a dragon as its mascot, so naturally, ours is the best. Our Dean/Advisor/Mentor also happens to be an internist, an MPH, and a woman, which all naturally makes me inclined to see a certain commonality. Add to that she's eloquent and down-to-earth and you have a winning combination. I think I'm going to like this.
So today was merely a beginning. I'm quite sure they won't feed us three times a day in the future. I also already have homework for the first day of class, which just goes to show the pace I should get used to in the next few weeks. I do wish I had a little more time to, say, buy a desk, switch my driver's license, unpack, do laundry, and all those sundry other things that must now get done in the tween-times. Nonetheless, it is a lovely start to what will surely be an interesting four years.
