Crossroads

This day proved to be quite a downer for a lot of people, including me. It saddens me to know that most of my colleagues are contemplating on quitting medschool. Lately there has been an increasing number of students who need to undergo removals/remedials for their deficiencies in certain subjects. Though some deserve to take them, there are those who weren't fairly dealt with in terms of grade computation. That and a plethora of 'anomalies' in the university we're currently in adds up to the list of reasons why most of my classmates want to bail out.

Frankly, if I had a choice to transfer to another institution -one that can take better care of my rights as a student, I would. But having experienced what it's like living in the real world (and coupled with the fact that I don't have that many options), I can hardly stick to my idealistic principles. At least not totally. Because real life doesn't really give you a perfect school with perfect teachers, perfect tuition rates, perfect policies and perfect curricula. Oftentimes it is I as an individual who need to make things work - to make the most out of a given situation.

In my mind, there is this one question that never ceases to perturb me: How can I turn things around? And the answer, as I've painfully encountered so many times in the past, is this:  gradually.



And probably, that is the reason why, indeed, patience is a virtue.