A new semester starts in a couple of days and after almost three weeks of doing nothing but sitting around, eating, watching movies, playing halo 3 and rock band I do not want to go back. Return I must however, because I have crowns to do and teeth to restore if I want to graduate on time. This semester will still be hectic and busy despite the class load dropping slightly. We still have class every day for one hour from 12:30 to 1:30pm. Every Tuesday morning we have class as well from 8:30am to 11:30. Seven classes in all which seems easy enough and the material is starting to slightly repeat itself (especially after what seems like 20 perio classes). The classes are:
Restorative Dentistry VI
Pediatric Dentistry II
Oral Surgery III
Orthodontics III
Periodontology (again)
Physical Diagnosis
Practice Management
However, with all of our requirements and mandatory lab work (we do pretty much everything except process dentures and the porcelain part of PFM’s) the schedule is still time consuming. The book work is a lot less time consuming but is made up for by all the lab work. I still have more free time on the weekends and weeknights than the first two years. I have a feeling that this will change over the next few months as the Junior year winds down and I am scrambling for points in the clinic. Writing about all these classes and requirements has gotten me a little depressed and since I still have a few more days of vacation I think I am going to go back to Halo 3 online and make myself feel better. Happy New Year and let’s toast to a few more ‘Running Riots’ before the work week starts again.
5 responses so far ↓
1 lui // Jan 4, 2009 at 12:06 am
dont worry you almost there, you almost there
2 Jon // Jan 4, 2009 at 1:35 am
Congrats on your journey so far! I’ve been looking at your blog for about a year or so. It’s great to see what students are doing at other schools. Good luck, you are almost done!
3 Jon // Jan 4, 2009 at 1:14 pm
What do you guys learn in Physical Diagnosis?
Just oral medicine stuff or overall assessment?
4 Barry // Jan 26, 2009 at 1:06 pm
We were having our first baby when I was half way through jr year, so I didn’t enjoy any of it. It was such a stressful period for me. I wish I could go back and enjoy it, and pay a little more attention. Don’t get too sucked into Halo 3. It’s a little like having a baby. ENJOY YOUR TIME IN SCHOOL!
5 Ben // Jan 27, 2009 at 7:39 am
Good advice Barry. I always try to remember that third year is a whole lot better than 2nd year and it is a good attitude adjuster.
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