Comments for Vet School Blog http://www.vetschoolblog.com Wet Cleanup on Aisle 5 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Anatomy’s Everywhere, Man by VetSchoolBlog http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/30/anatomys-everywhere-man/comment-page-1/#comment-370 VetSchoolBlog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:31:49 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=505#comment-370 Hey Irv, Thanks for writing, and good luck with anatomy!! Hey Irv, Thanks for writing, and good luck with anatomy!!

]]> Comment on Anatomy’s Everywhere, Man by Irv http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/30/anatomys-everywhere-man/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Irv Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:56:51 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=505#comment-359 Heya, chanced upon your blog from another vet blog. I'm a first year vet student in Australia and I am feeling your pain about anatomy! Thanks for the vid link...will share it with my class for a laugh! :) Heya, chanced upon your blog from another vet blog. I’m a first year vet student in Australia and I am feeling your pain about anatomy! Thanks for the vid link…will share it with my class for a laugh! :)

]]> Comment on Zombieland by Life in Vet School http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/26/zombieland/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Life in Vet School Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:48:11 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=502#comment-345 "This information is fairly straightforward, but the sheer volume of information is overwhelming." That is SO TRUE!!! People always say, "Wow, you're in vet school?!? Is it REALLY HARD?!?!?" and I always say, "Well, no, actually -- it's not that any of it particularly HARD, there's just a LOT of it." None of it so far has been conceptually difficult, it's just that I come home at the end of a day where I've had 8 solid hours of lecture, and I know I'm supposed to review all my notes within 24 hours, and I sit down to start, and then it's like, wait a minute -- I'm going to be sitting here until 4 AM if I actually review all of this!!! Not getting behind is really, really hard, though. I felt like I was on top of things until the first exam of first year (Devo) and then I feel like I've been putting out fires ever since. And isn't the scheduling bizarre? We get this gigantic PDF master schedule at the beginning of the semester, and there literally is no pattern whatsoever to the classes (well, Anatomy was every day from 9-12 first semester, but that was it). If I ever lost that thing I'd be completely hosed! I'm glad you're enjoying your first week!!! “This information is fairly straightforward, but the sheer volume of information is overwhelming.”

That is SO TRUE!!! People always say, “Wow, you’re in vet school?!? Is it REALLY HARD?!?!?” and I always say, “Well, no, actually — it’s not that any of it particularly HARD, there’s just a LOT of it.” None of it so far has been conceptually difficult, it’s just that I come home at the end of a day where I’ve had 8 solid hours of lecture, and I know I’m supposed to review all my notes within 24 hours, and I sit down to start, and then it’s like, wait a minute — I’m going to be sitting here until 4 AM if I actually review all of this!!!

Not getting behind is really, really hard, though. I felt like I was on top of things until the first exam of first year (Devo) and then I feel like I’ve been putting out fires ever since.

And isn’t the scheduling bizarre? We get this gigantic PDF master schedule at the beginning of the semester, and there literally is no pattern whatsoever to the classes (well, Anatomy was every day from 9-12 first semester, but that was it). If I ever lost that thing I’d be completely hosed!

I’m glad you’re enjoying your first week!!!

]]> Comment on Why I Won’t Be Heading for the Hill’s by VetSchoolBlog http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/05/18/why-i-wont-be-heading-for-the-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-343 VetSchoolBlog Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:50:25 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=331#comment-343 Thanks MC! I'll definitely post what I learn about food, but you might have to read the blog for a few years before I get there... today I learned how to tie a knot! :) Thanks MC!

I’ll definitely post what I learn about food, but you might have to read the blog for a few years before I get there… today I learned how to tie a knot! :)

]]> Comment on Oriented and Exhausted by VetSchoolBlog http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/22/oriented-and-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-342 VetSchoolBlog Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:48:44 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=498#comment-342 Thanks, Jamie! No harm in volunteering at a vet clinic or some other veterinary setting, just to get a feel for it... If you fall in love with it, <em>then</em> you can get scared! :) Thanks, Jamie! No harm in volunteering at a vet clinic or some other veterinary setting, just to get a feel for it… If you fall in love with it, then you can get scared! :)

]]> Comment on Why I Won’t Be Heading for the Hill’s by mc http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/05/18/why-i-wont-be-heading-for-the-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-340 mc Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:30:51 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=331#comment-340 I would love to hear more about what vets learn about food in their training. I just stumbled across this blog through your e-collar entry, and enjoy what I see so far. Good luck with the new semester! I would love to hear more about what vets learn about food in their training. I just stumbled across this blog through your e-collar entry, and enjoy what I see so far.

Good luck with the new semester!

]]> Comment on Oriented and Exhausted by Jamie http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/22/oriented-and-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Jamie Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:11:16 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=498#comment-336 Good luck! I am excited for you and I don't even know you. :-) I just found your blog during my search for various vet blogs. I'm 26 and rethinking my career path (music teacher)and veterinary medicine keeps coming to me...I'm scared to even consider pursuing it though. Good luck! I am excited for you and I don’t even know you. :-)

I just found your blog during my search for various vet blogs. I’m 26 and rethinking my career path (music teacher)and veterinary medicine keeps coming to me…I’m scared to even consider pursuing it though.

]]> Comment on Vet School Nightmare #2 by In Your Shoes http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/14/vet-school-nightmare-2/comment-page-1/#comment-314 In Your Shoes Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:04:03 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=493#comment-314 Hello once again, Happy first day!! Although I know that you're now booked solid for the next 4 months, I thought I would stop by to say: Best of luck and ENJOY!! Also, thanks for the kind words. Perhaps I will see you next year. :) Also, if you find that your ADD symptoms are getting in the way, feel free to leave a note. I too have ADD that was finally discovered when I was in grad school (ah, the joys of being a psych major) but I wasn't officially diagnosed until I was 32 - and that was done by a general practitioner. Let me tell ya, after that it ALL made sense. I will admit that I've been on meds and they've made world of difference for me; but there are other things you can try like blueberries - whole fruit, smoothies, juice, etc... And no, I'm not kidding. They really are a super fruit! :) Hello once again,

Happy first day!! Although I know that you’re now booked solid for the next 4 months, I thought I would stop by to say: Best of luck and ENJOY!! Also, thanks for the kind words. Perhaps I will see you next year. :)

Also, if you find that your ADD symptoms are getting in the way, feel free to leave a note. I too have ADD that was finally discovered when I was in grad school (ah, the joys of being a psych major) but I wasn’t officially diagnosed until I was 32 – and that was done by a general practitioner. Let me tell ya, after that it ALL made sense. I will admit that I’ve been on meds and they’ve made world of difference for me; but there are other things you can try like blueberries – whole fruit, smoothies, juice, etc… And no, I’m not kidding. They really are a super fruit! :)

]]> Comment on Vet School Nightmare #2 by VetSchoolBlog http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/14/vet-school-nightmare-2/comment-page-1/#comment-310 VetSchoolBlog Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:25:41 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=493#comment-310 Wild type! :) You know, come to think of it, that actually doesn't surprise me about you. In reading your blog, I've noticed lots of similarities in how we time manage (or don't time manage, as the case may be). Some of your posts have made me think, "Oh, wow, I'm glad I'm not the only person who does that!" And it is amazing how loooooooooong the simplest of things can take! Omega 3's are supposed to be helpful--if I could just remember to take them! Wild type! :) You know, come to think of it, that actually doesn’t surprise me about you. In reading your blog, I’ve noticed lots of similarities in how we time manage (or don’t time manage, as the case may be). Some of your posts have made me think, “Oh, wow, I’m glad I’m not the only person who does that!” And it is amazing how loooooooooong the simplest of things can take! Omega 3′s are supposed to be helpful–if I could just remember to take them!

]]> Comment on Vet School Nightmare #2 by Life in Vet School http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/08/14/vet-school-nightmare-2/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Life in Vet School Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:27:26 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=493#comment-309 I think I have ADD, too. I volunteered for an ADD medication study a few months ago, to be a normal control (I almost said wild-type! Too much time with the mice) :) and when they did the evaluation, the nurse said I had inattentive-type ADD! I was shocked, but the more I read about it, the more SO MANY THINGS made sense. My 2 biggest problems are not finishing things (it takes me 200% more effort to do the last 10% of something than the first 90%!) and the fact that when I need to concentrate, every. single. thought. that enters my head has equal importance, even though rationally I KNOW that I need to be studying for this exam! So I get distracted by EVERYTHING that pops into my head, and it ends up taking me 6 hours to do the amount of work that I should be able to do in 2. It's incredibly frustrating, and I've read several books on concentration techniques and ways to adjust, and none of it has helped very much. It definitely makes vet school suck up WAAAAAAY more time than it should. I think I have ADD, too. I volunteered for an ADD medication study a few months ago, to be a normal control (I almost said wild-type! Too much time with the mice) :) and when they did the evaluation, the nurse said I had inattentive-type ADD! I was shocked, but the more I read about it, the more SO MANY THINGS made sense. My 2 biggest problems are not finishing things (it takes me 200% more effort to do the last 10% of something than the first 90%!) and the fact that when I need to concentrate, every. single. thought. that enters my head has equal importance, even though rationally I KNOW that I need to be studying for this exam! So I get distracted by EVERYTHING that pops into my head, and it ends up taking me 6 hours to do the amount of work that I should be able to do in 2. It’s incredibly frustrating, and I’ve read several books on concentration techniques and ways to adjust, and none of it has helped very much. It definitely makes vet school suck up WAAAAAAY more time than it should.

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