Resurfacing

Believe it or not, not everything here in Morgantown is sunshine and rainbows.

It's been a rough semester to say the least. The amount of reading and writing I've done over the past few months has far surpassed any other semester. In fact, I doubt if I've done this much writing since I started graduate school. Don't get me wrong--I love to write, but being forced to constantly produce something in the form of a brilliant and lengthy paper on a regular basis gets old.


However, I have learned a few things over the course of the last few months. Here's a list:

1. Sometimes you don't get the grade you deserve. Even if you put your heart and soul into it.

2. When number 1 happens, get upset, bitch to your significant other and then get the hell over it.

3. Academics love to hear themselves talk.

4. Just because you're a physician doesn't mean a) you like people or b) you have any social skills.

5. Research begets more research.

6. Public health can be as ivory tower as any other discipline.

7. Ph.D. students are not necessarily smarter than MPH students no matter what big wigs in the department think.

8. No matter how many times the aforementioned Big Wig asks me to consider applying to the Ph.D. program the answer is still NO! NO! NO!


I have two days left of school, a three day weekend and then I start my practicum. I hope to start updating this site more often once I get settled into a routine.

Hopefully, I'll even be able to post more pictures of our little home soon!