The truth for students - school sucks, but it's not forever!

I'll be honest with you --

I STILL have nightmares about clinic, I cried everyday while I was in school, I disliked a few instructors and felt they were NO help come board exam prep time....
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--I'm so glad to see other students talking because trust me when I say YOU ARE NOT ALONE!  School is tough, seems impossible, and stressful.  That's all an understatement but it will be worth it.  

--It's actually really inspired me to start something new...perhaps a YouTube channel specifically for helping students get through school and push through the stress.  Would anyone watch it?  :)?  Lets all get together, share your stories, your struggles and help each other out while in school.  You CANT become a dental hygienist or assistant without getting through school right?!

Whats stressing you out?  Clinical?  Exams every week?  Other students?  Other TEACHERS?....it's a safe place here.  Let's chat!

Hit reply and email me!  Would you be interested in watching more videos?  I will talk, and be open and honest. Have questions about an upcoming test?  Teacher problems?  Student problems?  Sleep deprived?  Need help?  Need advice?

I would love to invite you all over here and have a major chat session about dental hygiene school life.  Let's unwind and chat, get all the stress off your chest!  SEE that you're NOT ALONE!  But...I live in Woodstock ON and I have a feeling not all of you would come down here, so lets do a YouTube channel instead?

What do you think?

I wish I had someone to talk to when I was in school - I've said it before but I had the worst time.  Not only having to take the program TWICE but I constantly felt I wasn't good enough.  I failed a lot of clinic tests because I swear my one instructor hated me...I remember failing a final clinic exam because my arm was "too high".  No joke, this is what she said.  It was a test on scaling and I failed because the instructor felt my arm was too high and it would hurt me in the long run.  I remember going to the clinical director and appealing the case, even she said "Andrea, I don't know why you're here this is just embarrassing. I'm signing you off as a pass...but keep that arm lower".

Can you IMAGINE?  I remember for the appeal I had to come in on a Saturday, I had to book it off work (so I was losing money), travel an hour by bus to school..actually a bus and subway in total for her to pass me after a 5 minute conversation.  

Don't get me wrong, I was thrilled to have that pass but I also knew she would pass me.  I felt all along that other instructor failed me for a stupid reason.  Did she have something to prove? I really think so.

Oops...did I say that?...sorry but it's true.  I've always had a problem with authority though, especially when I know I'm right :):):).  I wouldn't shy away from giving an instructor the evil eye when I wasnt being treated fairly.  You should have seen me in school two years ago for Restorative Hygiene..same situations.  I guess being 30 years old didnt change me haha.  I am convinced one instructor in particular 'hated' me too that I even spoke to the Dean with how I was being treated unfairly.  Seriously got me no where but I needed to speak my case.  When all my classmates could see it and felt sorry for me I knew I had to do something.  

Another story for another email?  You bet...:).  I have tons of them!  I'm a tutor now so haha to them!

I wasn't alone, I know other students were feeling that way too.  

How is your program/teachers/tests going for you???

I'm always here to listen!