*watching "The Martian" with Yellowhed. You know, the movie about Matt Damon getting trapped on Mars?*
Yellowhed: "Wait. Did all of this actually happen?"
Me: ...
Yellowhed: "What?"
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
How Studying for the GRE is Going
Me: "Welp. I got a 30% on that last algebra practice test."
Yellowhed: "You're making progress!"
Yellowhed: "You're making progress!"
Monday, February 15, 2016
PT School
What am I doing?
That's the thought that repeatedly runs through my head.
I've come to the realization that I'm going to have to go back to school. It's rather ironic. Just after I finished grad school, Yellowhed told me that it was only a matter of time until I went back to get my doctorate. My mom said the same thing. A number of other people did too.
I always brushed them off. I was absolutely exhausted. I enjoyed having free time, and a normal life finally. Going home after work and being able to build a workbench, to go to the gym, to go hiking...it's awesome. Going home after work to sit in front of a computer for the next 5 hours writing a paper on gonorrhea? Not so much.
After spending months looking around for jobs online though, I've finally come to the conclusion that I am going to have to go back to school if I'm going to be able to do what I want.
Physical therapy school is going to have to happen.
I need to be able to support my family. Physical therapy allows me to do that. A doctorate allows me to teach at the college level someday, something that has always been a dream of mine.
So now, here I am looking at PT schools. Of course I missed the deadline for taking classes this coming fall by a couple of months, something I didn't realize until I met with the Admissions Chair of one of my top PT school picks.
Me: "Uh, hi. I'd like to talk with you about signing up for PT school."
Him: "Have you completed your PTCAS application yet?"
Me: [in my head] "What the heck is that?"
Me: "Ummm. No."
Him: "Well, there's really not much that I can do for you then."
Yep. That's right. I walked into PT school thinking that signing up for classes was similar to signing up to take a medical terminology class at the community college.
Sigh.
Now I know better though. A GRE, a biology class with lab, 40 hours of shadowing a physical therapy school, 3 letters of recommendation, and a personal essay are what's standing in my way now.
We'll see what happens.
That's the thought that repeatedly runs through my head.
I've come to the realization that I'm going to have to go back to school. It's rather ironic. Just after I finished grad school, Yellowhed told me that it was only a matter of time until I went back to get my doctorate. My mom said the same thing. A number of other people did too.
I always brushed them off. I was absolutely exhausted. I enjoyed having free time, and a normal life finally. Going home after work and being able to build a workbench, to go to the gym, to go hiking...it's awesome. Going home after work to sit in front of a computer for the next 5 hours writing a paper on gonorrhea? Not so much.
After spending months looking around for jobs online though, I've finally come to the conclusion that I am going to have to go back to school if I'm going to be able to do what I want.
Physical therapy school is going to have to happen.
I need to be able to support my family. Physical therapy allows me to do that. A doctorate allows me to teach at the college level someday, something that has always been a dream of mine.
So now, here I am looking at PT schools. Of course I missed the deadline for taking classes this coming fall by a couple of months, something I didn't realize until I met with the Admissions Chair of one of my top PT school picks.
Me: "Uh, hi. I'd like to talk with you about signing up for PT school."
Him: "Have you completed your PTCAS application yet?"
Me: [in my head] "What the heck is that?"
Me: "Ummm. No."
Him: "Well, there's really not much that I can do for you then."
Yep. That's right. I walked into PT school thinking that signing up for classes was similar to signing up to take a medical terminology class at the community college.
Sigh.
Now I know better though. A GRE, a biology class with lab, 40 hours of shadowing a physical therapy school, 3 letters of recommendation, and a personal essay are what's standing in my way now.
We'll see what happens.
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