These
past few months have been a little radical for me.
In
what regards? You ask.
I
have had to write a lot [I don’t mean a little lot, I mean a lot lot] of exams
in one lifetime, and especially over the past 6-7yrs- and I’m not done yet.
That
hasn’t changed, although I can count on my fingertips, the number of exams I am
still mandated to write (someone say Amen?)
One
thing has changed though, and that’s the way I tend to process exams nowadays.
I
actually WANT TO KNOW what I am reading.
Maybe
it’s the reality that in a few months I’ll really be a doctor that’s kicking in,
but exams no longer scare me. I read to know.
I
couldn’t help but wonder if I had been conditioned this way all along, instead
of reading to just ‘scale through another exam’ if I wouldn’t be a much better
resource at large.
Of
course I had an exam to write the day before penning this down; and yet, I
wrote my thoughts, knowing without any ounce of doubt that I would still update
my blog on the morning of the exam.
Whoop
whoop! That’s an awesome level of freedom.
My
life continues, in spite of medical school exams and when I read, I actually
enjoy it way better than I used to. I am hungry to know, and if I have to stay
up to do so, I would gladly do so (provided I don’t fall asleep).
If
you have the opportunity to change the ‘rote’ educational system, would you? I
definitely will!
Lets’
hear our views.
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