Student Discouragement

Today did not go as well as I thought it would. I had my chest assement check off and I thought I was ready. So I did my assement and 1/4 of the way I was not able to answer a few questions and was said to take it again. I was so discouraged from the whole thing that I felt like giving up. I was so mad at everything that I wanted to walk out. However walking out would make things worst so I stayed and tried to stay concentrated as much as possible. This is one of the things EVERY RT student goes through. They go through everything fine and once they are about half way or almost at the home run mark, they fail. I didn’t fail but I just needed more practice. However to me, it WAS FAILURE. I will not take that as an excuse.

I talked to the other students and they were the best motivation. They kept saying that they will keep quizzing me until I know it and until I pass the procedure. I also realized that on my Incentive Spirometery Check, it was the hardest thing I done as a student at THE time First semester, first check off and that was so hard. Now I realized, WOW I thought that was hard and this chest assessment is easier because there is less steps and all memorization. Well now that I think about it, I know everything but at the check off it didn’t come out of my mouth because I was too nervous. Well..time to get back and hit the books to gain more of that confidence.

“Show me a successful man, and I’ll show you a failure”

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