Four finals and two take-home exams are the only things that separate me from being halfway through my veterinary school career. I don’t know where the time went. I’m amazed at what I’ve learned in these nine short months. I can answer all of the silly questions I kept to myself while recording lab results when I worked in a vet clinic. I know why the vets chose certain tests while trying to decide between different diagnoses.
I don’t mean to imply that I know everything I need to know. There is so much to learn. I have another entire year of classroom learning to do before they can unleash me on the clients in the teach hospital. I keep thinking that it’s a long ways away, but with how fast this year went, I’m not so sure. I have a feeling my third year is going to fly like the previous two.
I’m trying to keep that in mind as I study for finals. Luckily, I can get the two take-home exams (pharmacology and surgery) out of the way before finals week even starts. There is one thing that is bothering me about my pharmacology exam, though. The first two questions, each worth 20% of the total exam, involve so much biochemistry that I may have to get out my notes from last year. Seriously? Why in the world is the instructor testing us on information from a year ago that was not explained in the context of the course from THIS year? I’ve just never heard of doing something like that. I’m beginning to think that the rumors this instructor hates my class are true…
On that note, I had better get to bed. I have a LOOONG day of classes tomorrow followed by another LOOOONG day of studying (with some laundry thrown in for color). Fun times, friends!
