Oops!

I did re-name my blog "confessions" so I suppose I should confess. I am a big believer that being able to go to school (any grade or college) is a privilege. There are so many places that don't allow this privilege. So, the fact that I have not read one word in the textbook or even opened my backpack all quarter is that much more embarrassing. I think educational opportunities are squandered in this country far too often so I feel badly that I did the same thing. I went as far as playing a little game with myself to see how far I could get without doing ANYTHING this quarter. Well, it bit me in the rear. I missed 7 questions on my test today (out of 20...yikes) and have to do a re-take tomorrow. It's really embarrassing because the tests are not hard at all but there are some things I just don't know for instance four of the questions I missed had to do with the names of positions. I had no clue what the positions were called (Sims, Fowler's and I even got Supine and Prone mixed up despite knowing these in A&P). So, like I said, this stuff is not hard it just required a quick scanning of the chapters at most but, well...I was playing a game with myself to see if I could get through this class with the least amount of effort as absolutely possible. I won't make excuses for myself but I will say that the instructor and subject material is far from challenging, interesting or even tolerable. That isn't a good excuse, I should be trying to get everything out of it that I can but I am not. I'm hoping things will change now that the regular lecture stuff is done. Tomorrow we sit and watch another movie about HIV (today three people were sleeping all morning during our decade old lecture videos) followed by an afternoon of CPR. Then it's nothing but clinicals until final day. We also have a presentation we will be doing at the facility but it's short.
I am really embarrassed that I have the opportunity to go to school and have taken the laissez-faire attitude that I have this quarter. I won't get to the point of liking this class but I will make more of an effort to get more out of this opportunity.