#32: The Always Chatty Classmates

There's a classmate in my small group who is always chatting with her friend. You can hear them laugh, giggle, whisper, and chatter. I have no problems with being social at school. I find it actually heartwarming considering all the stress.

However, these two never seem to shut up, even when the professor is talking. All the freaking time yap yap yap, teehehe teehehe. I don't give a damn that you bought flight tickets for Spring Break, which types of boots are in this year, or how useless the small group sessions are. To an extent the incessant chatting interferes with how I can focus on what the professor saying, but that isn't my main problem.

What pisses me off is that when the professor calls on them, they don't know what the question is or in which context was the question asked, which wastes time backtracking through the earlier discussion and an explanation of the question. All of this could have been avoided if they would just shut the front door just a few times throughout the small group sessions.

I just want to squeeze in a nap if the small group finishes on time or early. Please, I need my beauty sleep.

#31: What I Wish I Had Known Before Entering Med School - Part 1

1. I should exercise regularly.
2. I should study regularly.
3. Medical jokes never get old.
4. More students are in it for the money than I thought.
5. Med students sleep around...with other med students.
6. Dressing more decently and professionally goes a long way in opening up patients to talk.
7. CAGE questions should only apply to coffee.
8. My index finger gets more play than I do.
9. Loans create nightmares.
10. I am more scared shitless examining patients than I do bombing an exam.