Day 2

Third Time is a Charm

Fun fact about me, I want to be an optometrist, on a good day! However, the prerequisite classes are quite intense, and NO-they don’t get easier. To all pre-medical professionals out there, I feel ya!

My least favorite class and one that I just can not figure out is Human Physiology… When I first took this class, I got engaged, so my focus was definitely not on learning action potentials. Then I had to take it a second time and I found myself frustrated yet again. I blamed the teacher and the fact that the class was at 8AM was not helpful either, but I never sat back and asked:

What was I lacking?

That was a hard question and one I had to answer the third time I entered that class with the same teacher. As I sat down that first day, my sweet husband had already mapped out a survival guide (because he passed with flying colors)! I was lucky to have a study buddy and a coach to help me push through. This semester I continue to ask myself, what am I lacking? And each time, I have come up with a new way to study!

I spend time reviewing my notes each and every day. I do his problem sets (which I used to avoid). I focus on his objectives so that I do not strain myself when it comes to test time. As I face my THIRD (and last) first exam tomorrow, I go with confidence, I go knowing I have prepared for battle. That is lesson #2.

Even if it takes three pebbles, David DID conquer Goliath!

That’s the best part of college, no one yells or screams or doesn’t understand failing. Everyone faces failure in college and honestly it’s something to be proud of. Fail early, fail often and fail forward. And then in the end, PASS IT WITH AN A!

xoxo, AMD