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What advice would U give somoeone who wants to become a Nurse? |
What advice would U give somoeone who wants to become a Nurse? It depends on what becoming a nurse means to you. A LOT of people who become nurses, secretly would have preferred to have become doctors. If you want to help people that way, go to med school. If you really want to become a physician, you'll make it happen. I'm not saying the road is 'easy', but it's really, really rewarding. Oh that takes too long. No it doesn't. How old are you now? How old will you be in 8 years? How old will you be in 8 years if you go to medical school? nursing school? There was this guy who wanted to go to med school. Screwed around in junior college for 3 years before a professor slapped him upside the head by asking the question, "Paul, what do you want to do with your life?".. After pondering the question, behind the closed door of his office in junior college, after being in his class for 3 years and dropping out after a semester each time.... Said, "I think I'd like to be a doctor." The professor laughed. One of those spontaneous, out of nowhere reactive laughs, a guffaw. That reaction shook the student to the bone. He left that office in shock. He realized that his actions, avoidance of studying, playing, dating, everything but studying...was coming back to bite. So he changed schools. And he studied. Then went to a state college for a few quarters..did well, then transferred to UC Berkeley. When he applied to Berkeley, they turned him down because his GPA was low. But, they said he could have an interview, but probably wouldn't make any difference...cuz GPA too low. So he went for an interview. The man said NOPE, low GPA. The student said...excuse me sir, but I'm not a number. If you'd bother to look at that transcript you'd see that yes, the first few years were poor. But the last few years were really good. Here's a student that has changed. Changed his ways becuase he learned. He has ambition, drive, a desire to learn. Isn't that the kind of student you WANT here? He got accepted but ON PROBATION. Then he went to school at Berkeley. He applied to every medical school in the US. He got a LOT of very thin rejection letters. ALL of them were no. NOPE. Sorry... So he went to another country, and applied to medical school there. After all the run around with translations of transcripts he had an interview. At the interview they asked him how he'd be able to go to school when he didn't ever speak the language. He said he'd just do it. He wasn't accepted. So, when school started, he went to class. When they passed the paper around for each student to sign next to their name, he wrote his name at the bottom of the page, and signed it. He added himself on. He went to labs and checked out microscopes, lab equipment, the stuff. Got his keys. Kept writing in his name at the bottom of the page. A week later, while in histology lab looking at a slide of cardiac muscle, they came. They tapped him on his shoulder. When he turned around, he was told that if he was going to go to school there, he might as well get credit for it. He had been accepted, please go register. He turned to the student next to him with a blank face. The student said, " you've been accepted, go register." He did. So, the question is, what do you WANT to do? for you? What is your REAL dream, not your compromise dream. If it's to be a nurse, go for it. But if it's to be a Vet, or an MD or a DDS or ?, have enough self confidence to walk into your own dream. P.S. You'll love medicine.... Go to a technical college and get a two year nursing degree. First, you will be doing agreat and honorable profession by helping mankind. Secondly, go to www.grants.gov to get help or get a scholarship grant for your nursing or medical education. the internet. grants.gov, us.gov |
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