Editors Note: My mother will probably blush when she reads this...maybe even mutter a few comments under her breath about reputations and proper language for a lady. If so, I'm sorry in advance mom.
It's funny how being thrust into a completely different world can change ones expectations. I was prepared to make some sacrifices when I moved here. Cable TV (I heart the Internet), meat (quality, that is), free time (Ha!).
The world never challenges you in ways that you expect.
I've already written about our new car, and you've seen the pics. So I won't go into incredible detail about the expectations I've lowered significantly since car shopping on the island. It's remarkable what the students here will put up with in their choice of car here versus in the states. I've never driven anything that performed such a fantastic symphony of sounds during the ride. And she seems to come up with new ones every few days, just to keep us on our toes. I'm personally waiting to see the bottom fall out, as some upperclassmen/professors have claimed occasionally happens.
The most recent example of expectations hitting the floor has to be the elimination of modesty in medical school. You simply CANNOT be modest when you spend hours being lectured about the penis (pronounced PEN-is by our prof) and dangling scrotums or struggle to maintain a straight face as you watch your "mature" prof "probe" your dog's labia and clitoris.
Yes, I just said labia and clitoris. Stop snickering.
It's a wonder that half our class changes into their scrubs right outside of the anatomy lab in plain view of all who wish to view. We've all seen it, we talk about it allllllll day long, so why not just nonchalantly rip off your sweaty top and pants and throw on your scrubs. Why bother walking the extra 50 feet to the enclosed locker/bath rooms? Crazy.
Note to readers: I, and my circle of friends mentioned within these pages, DO NOT change in public. That's just crazy. But it happens, and I have had to learn to suspend my expectations of others keeping their clothes on in public. Just another day in paradise.
And for all of you looky-loos...NO I didn't take any pics of people getting undressed. Sickos.
I passed!!!
17 years ago
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Must be the island apparel--you know the halter tops and short-shorts. I guess you are all in swim suits all time anyway--so changing is really easy no matter where you do it.
thanx for the anatomy update--I guess you all made it through the repro section OK. Don't forget the udder in the bovine and the corkscrew penis in the porcine. Just remembering back to those anatomy lectures.....
joanne
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