Sometimes I’m in need of motivation to study – the difficult thing about medical school isn’t the actual material – if you are accepted you have already have the God given ability to “get it”…it’s maintaining your interest in the material…It’s so funny how medical school just shows you how widely distributed intellectual talent is. You see people with absolutely no clues about social interaction, those who seem to be dripping with social talent, and those who strewn about the spectrum in between. Almost everyone is united by an absolute amazement at the innermost workings and structures that make us uniquely human…I’ve been reading about the respiratory system for the last 30 minutes (I’m desperately behind, but somehow I get the feeling that is going to be a common theme in my career, not just school) and I can’t help but be amazed by at least one or two things, and I can’t help but want to work in someone’s lab. What is funny, is I thought medical school would alleviate my intellectual cravings, but all its’ served to do thus far is throw gasoline on the fire and strengthen the bellows…I find myself amazed at how quickly I’ve moved past firefighting…which at once worries me and encourages me…While I don’t think fire fighting was beneath me, I do feel like it could have been done better where I was from. I would have liked to see more motivated officers – not only motivated in terms of their actual fire fighting work ethic – but also more motivated in terms of their ability to unite crews. I find it mildly amusing how far this post has strayed and meandered. Perhaps the title was a very aware one. That said, I’ve got nothing to lose in this entire chase for career satisfaction, and if I need to, I can always be a medical writer or a full time researcher. I’m realizing that my true potential in terms of earnings will come from my daydreams…my biggest asset, and my biggest hurdle…Okay, back to pulmonary physiology a.k.a how people breathe….
Andre
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