10 days…

10 days to go… and I shall be shifting to a college hostel. The hostel actually is very near to my home, just few minutes away, but somehow the college rules make it mandatory for the med school students to stay in a hostel. It is a bit strange but then that is the way it is…

I finally managed to get admitted in a med school. For last few years I have often wondered about my career. I was interested in so many things... psychology, philosophy, journalism, literature, mass communication, law, nursing and lately and crazily into education. Just about a month back, I was actually thinking of taking a year off and doing little stuff like volunteer work, teaching kids etc. and taking time to discover myself and my ‘true’ interest.

The desire for med school was always there in the back of my mind but I was a bit scared by the commitment it would require. Lately there has been a kind of mad craze in my country for medical profession. Almost everybody wants to be a doc. It is not just about the students but also there are a lot of parents who would like their kids to be in med school. I guess the attraction is there because of the respect and money people associate with the profession. And, due to these reasons, medical education has become a sort of business at some institutions. Somewhere I just wanted to make sure with myself that I would not enter into this profession just because my parents would wish me to be in it, or because of the money or the respect!!! And, of course on the practical side, I also had to clear the entrance for the med school. I guess with time I became clearer on some respects about myself. And somehow I managed to clear the college entrance too and the college accepted me. And, now only 10 days left before the college starts…

I am kinda confused and again a bit scared, as I dunno how the college education system works esp. since the one I am enrolled in boasts about an innovative approach to health education which includes self directed learning and in papers also says that there shall be no lecture and that all classes would be Structured Interactive Sessions (SIS). Well I guess it shall be interesting!!! Also my class shall be having a total of 100 students. And, I next to HATE classrooms with more than 20-30 students and I really wonder how SIS shall work in 100 students. And, yes soon I shall be overwhelmed by the huge piles of books and numerous examinations!!! I just hope the cadaver won’t faint me!!! Also, I shall have to improve my incredibly messy time management which presently runs basically on instincts.

I wonder the fate of my other interests after being enrolled in what seems to be rather rigorous program. I would still love to write a book at some point of time and be actively involved in teaching/ learning and in improving education system in general. I would not like to give up reading books on philosophy!!! And, I still want to go for a long walk through the hills and mountains of Nepal and open a children’s home too.
I guess I am too dreamy!!!

All from me today!!!