This semester’s controversy Permalink | 386 Comments

Vet school can go up against the best high school or junior high in terms of drama. I’ll make a blatant sexist statement and blame the high drama quotient on the fact that 80 percent of the students are female. Or maybe it’s the fact that most of the students are in their early 20s and don’t have enough life experiences to weed out the real crises from the temporary ones. Whatever the reason, the drama offers a bit of amusement in our otherwise mundane, lecture-filled days. It’s like we have our own reality TV show, only it’s real and not on TV.

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The Disappearing Vet Student Permalink | 281 Comments

I apologize for not updating my blog in over a month. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it in face of the study burden I was facing over the past month. Two weeks ago turned out to be what I feel was the most intense, stressful week of vet school so far. I managed to survive, but we still don’t have the tests back from that week so I’m not sure how well I survived.

One more test before spring break. I’ll be back then with something a bit more interesting.