I don't know much with regards to UK's medical route, but since you believe the UK's system is superior to the US's system, would you care to explain?
wontuan
Haha, I only say that because for an equivalent degree in Medicine, you only face one point of potential rejection. With the US system, you apply for your basic undergrad in some premed course (and hope and pray that you get in) that at the end of the day doesn’t let you practice Medicine so you still have to apply to a postgrad medical school (and hope and pray that you get in) to get one. In the UK, you apply straight to medical school after graduating from high school.
It’s great if you know 100% that you want to do Medicine, less so if you would rather explore and enjoy before you make the final commitment. And by commitment I mean sign your soul and sleep off to a vindictive curriculum and an impossible timetable.
November 8, 2011
Whoa, you're 19 and you're in medical school? How come?
wontuan
Medicine is an undergraduate degree in the UK. In that respect, UK > US.
November 8, 2011
Hey there man! Miguel here. I'm just reading through my follower's blogs (and I'm bored as hell on tumblr) and saw that you are also a fellow med student. Just wanted to say great blog! and amazing piano music.
this-is-a-distraction
Thanks for stopping by, MIguel! Glad you like it.
November 8, 2011
Journal Entry #4
In the past three months, I have read fifteen novels, close to a thousand articles, and countless blog posts. Some have inspired, others have moved, and a select few have provoked deep reflection long after the last full stop. My hunger for knowledge is voracious, but I believe books which are great stimulate not intellect but the heart. It is very easy to communicate an idea. However, to truly connect with another person, one human to another, that is a talent. Effective rhetoric is a talent. There is no greater pleasure than an evening in the company of a great book, which is why I have no greater regret than abandoning books in their entirety in my final two years of school.
November 1, 2011
@mochismochi
mochismochi replied to your post: Have you ever actually kissed a boy/how far have you ever gotten with a boy?
Youre a virgin?
Yes. Haha, people say that with surprise. Do I give off a player vibe or something? I could’ve been not, but I had a prudish girlfriend. She has since changed her views on abstinence. Well, I guess even if she agreed, technically I would still consider myself a virgin because I wouldn’t have had sex with a guy, but at least I get to shirk the title.
November 1, 2011
"And that’s about all there is, really; I doubt you want to read me whinge about how tired I feel and how much I wish they’d burn all the lectures."I'd like to here. Also, how do you think people would react one you do "come out"?
anothergenericbeing
Here’s the deal. All through first year, they promised that in second year I’d be at Charing Cross. So I got a rent at Charing Cross. The past week I’ve been at South Kensington every single day of the week. This week, too. I mean, it’s only three Tube stops away, but still. Hassle. It entails a 6:30 alarm when I could be getting up at 7. Every second of sleep makes a difference when you’re working yourself academically, physically, literarily, musically, socially and creatively to the bone.
And then there’s the content overload. There are twelve cranial nerves but somehow a billion names corollary to them that you have to remember. And the tests. And their functions. And then there’s drugs. No, you don’t get to take them. You just learn, learn, and learn. Names, mechanisms of action, half-lives—everything, in short, that you won’t need to know as a doctor because you’ll be tethered to reference books and the internet.
Blergh.
Okay. With coming out, I anticipate genuine nonchalance from most people. Oh, you’re gay? I never knew. Good on you for coming out. That kind of thing. And then I have a really close friend who slags definitely straight people with a compendium of homophobic slander, and I don’t even want to imagine how he’ll react when he finds out he’s been hanging out with a real live fag for the past year.
November 1, 2011
I give up. I never get decent question during TMI Tuesday. In fact, last Tuesday I received no questions at all! Anyway, how are things? Any news you can write home (alias me) about?
the-flying-donkey
Hahaha, sometimes my followers blank me, too. It sucks, but, hey, I’m not about to put anyone at gunpoint for an Ask.
Actually, there are a few things I want to share:
- I’ve officially renounced the quest for BBFA; he’s just not worth the effort
- In the past month, I bumped into DILF Next Door once. This was today
- Paradoxically, I function better on a calorie deficit. Cognitive function, energy level, stamina—seriously, everything’s just gone up
- My lower abs are finally coming through. Sex lines, hello
- I down about 1.5 liters of diet sodas a day. I really hope all that phenylalanine isn’t messing up my synaptic chemistry
- I still HAVE NOT COME OUT TO PEOPLE
- That one really pisses me off
- I’m considering applying for mitigating circumstances
- That way I can use my sexuality as an excuse if I fail finals
- I don’t know if I should, though
- And that’s about all there is, really; I doubt you want to read me whinge about how tired I feel and how much I wish they’d burn all the lectures
November 1, 2011
