You know this happened more times that you can count. "The only pharmacies that can dispense professional samples are hospitals. The only ones. You get that dumbass? Oh, and charitables too!" "Be sure to reserve 3 inches of paper on your notes because for some unforseen reason I'm going to go out of order and then come back to that 3 inch space -- woopsie, I don't have anything to go in there!" My notes looked like they were taken by someone incompetent (to be fair, they probably were).
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To diverge from the superlatives thing for a moment: I'm not sure I would have thought this was a highly regarded pharmacy school if someone hadn't told me that before I walked in the door. Maybe I'll get that feeling when we move into what HeMiJo termed a "freakin' palace," but right now the curriculum is dallying around with useless biotechnology I'll never apply in a million years and the first year I spent here was spent dicking around learning about psychology and physiology I already had in undergrad. I'll stop calling it the "Ronald McDonald College of Pharmacy" when they give me reason (which I'm assuming happens third year).
Oh, and someone said that SheMaJo is apparently teaching us therapeutics next semester?
Freakin' sweet.
Also: feel free to leave your own superlatives in the comments.
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You make a great point. All that feeling of prestige I originally had for attending this college is gone after having a bunch of teachers who contradict each other and don't seem to know what they're talking about half the time, much less how to give an engaging lecture. The only class I've felt compelled to attend with any regularity this semester has been the one where my ass would get slammed with a 10-page paper if I got 5 tardies. Because free time is so precious and so much of it has been gobbled up by pointless assignments since I've been here, I spend most of it medicating myself by learning about anything but pharmacy. What a difference from my attitude in past years of schooling; now I feel like Bart Simpson at the end of every lecture when I realize I have no idea what the professor just talked about because I've been doodling and playing with my shoelaces for an hour. I had many outstanding teachers in undergrad, ones whose classes I attended because they were interesting and informative. There have been a handful of teachers like that here, which says a lot because we've had about 90 in three semesters. Not to mention all the professors at my old school spoke understandable English (foreign ones included). Next time I'll think twice before I belittle one of these smaller pharmacy schools cropping up -- they might not have the research presence we have, but you can bet your ass the people who design the curriculum and do the hiring feel like they've got something to prove.
ReplyDeleteOr hell, maybe it's all just because I sit in the back row.
I agree with above. The "we stand at this level in the naplex" is such bull***t. Where do you stand at treating people like humans? That one is probably at the bottom.
ReplyDeleteWhile I do care that we pass and can actually become pharmacist, I would prefer to not be treated like a dog while I am here. I don't need to pay $30,000+ a year to be treated that way.