2nd Monday=?

The average college student, by second week, is usually oriented for his/her classes and ready for anything. Well, for that to happen, we all must prepare the day before. I had all my modules set in my folder for the week and was feeling truly confident that this week would start without the hicups. I arrived to school half hour early and what do I do? I forget my folder, and the best part is my Professor says to me, "I better put a note by your name that you forget your modules for class." Didn't I feel quite sheepish :S.
Anyway, today was a fun day because we were able to practice preparing our operatives for patients, and water and suction on each other. We all sucked a few cheeks with our HVE while mastering our mad skills, but no blood was shed, so that's a plus.
Its so interesting how most of us have been through this in our experience in real clinical settings, but we get all worked up, because we all want the Coveted (A) on our transcripts. If we don't pass things off right the first time, it lowers our chances, and we all know that. We get all nervous and tend forget little things, and most of this is a no brainer. You could only imagine 15 people sweating over how to put on face masks, washing hands, and putting gloves on correctly. Seems like you couldn't really mess that up, but its possible. I know, I did the first day.
  I feel the hardest part of this whole pre-patient preparation is knowing that the barriers are so redundant and wasteful. I don't make the regulations, but I would like to meet those that do, in any field for that matter. Studies, a lot of the time disagree with 1980 regulations, so change couldn't hurt.

Mark out.