Today, while studying liver pathology and highlighting important lines in my textbook, I realized that I could count the number of words I hadn't highlighted on one hand, over the last six pages. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I checked over my notes from yesterday's midterm review so I could study for the test on Monday. It seems I was so exhausted, I'd done nothing but scribble unintelligibly all over the first page. FML
Today, I was taking a test and thought I was doing great until I realized I was writing all my answers on the question paper, not the answer sheet. By the time I noticed, there were only five minutes left. FML
Today, my OCD reached a new high when I used a correction pen to white-out an eyelash which was photocopied onto every single page of my reading material. I did it because the eyelash was too distracting and I couldn't finish reading the article without the urge to rip it into shreds. FML
Today, I just studied for 13.5 hours completely outlining a book for history. Thirty minutes before the test, I realized I had been reading the wrong book. FML
Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML
Today, I was reviewing for a major nursing school exam I have this week. I panicked because none of the material seemed familiar, and figured that I must've missed something during class and now had to catch up. After 4 hours, I finally realized that I'd been studying from the wrong textbook. FML
Today, while studying with the girl I like, I rested my face on my book, pretending to be frustrated. When I lifted my head, I realized I'd left a greasy spot on the page from my nose. She noticed. FML
Today, I submitted my 5000 word assignment. When I got home, my mother asked if I'd checked it through one more time like she always warned me to do. I hadn't, therefore hadn't noticed the paragraph on page 11 that she'd written, telling me to pay attention to the small details. FML
Today, while correcting essays, I spilled ketchup on a student's paper. I managed to successfully turn it into a happy smiley face but when proudly looking at the result, noticed it was right next to the big "F" that I had graded it. FML
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
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TheCamoWulf 17
Uugh I hate it when that happens!
Meddler09 6
Just go on and highlight the book at this point. It's all kind of important.
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laurenlovesjb 20
I've done the sane thing:/ When I see that I've done that I go over just the minimum with a different color so it's clear what the "key points" are instead of the whole book:)
mario2012 18
That is a good idea 30. Also I meant to thumb you up not down. Please forgive me.
mckibben 7
THIS IS NOT MED SCHOOL! THIS IS PATRICK!
Lionesse 15
Um. What.
CaptainSaveAHoe 11
OP's name.
thefallenqueen 5
57, It's from spongebob: Customer: is this the krusty krab? Patrick: No, this is patrick. I thought 31 was funnny, but then again I'm very easily amused :P
GracesDelirium 9
Study all the things?
SpikyG 3
Med school. I count all my *cough cough weed cough cough on one single hand.
eggmarie 25
...what?
dashizam 10
35- BANG. You're disgracing the great state of Ohio, ducky. Shouldn't you be flying south for the winter?
eggmarie 25
Please read my profile description before making comments about my obviously sarcastic picture.
charvisioku 22
To avoid that kind of situation, I read through the text and put slips of paper or sticky note or whatever onto any important passages I'd normally highlight. Then read through the book again (but just the passages you've marked) and individually go over each passage until you've condensed it to the bare minimum in your head. THEN highlight. Otherwise you just end up with flourescent pages and too much info to process.
KVKdragon 26
Why does it seem like such a big deal to type out your own notes on a mobile device or computer? Saves marker ink, paper, and time -_- Plus if you have a smartphone, you can store it on the phone and study whenever the moment strikes
thefallenqueen 5
Because typing up notes is very tedious, especially when you're reading heavy material. I've tried typing up my notes for various classes and although, Im a fast typer, it took too long
CharresBarkrey 16
If you already have everything you need to study in a textbook, it would be a waste of time to type up the notes.
doodlecloud 27
Actually typing/writing notes make you incredibly much more likely to remember them than simply highlighting. The act of taking in information and then rewriting or retelling in your own words is very important.
coocoo1112 0
EPIC FAIL!!!!!!
vbmg152 19
Have you been to college?? I have & I've done the same thing!
neurodoc 1
Med school - there's no easy way out and there is no end in sight until you have sent your final application for your fellowship... At some point in your future point you'll have a cold one with your buddies and joke about that time when you where caught highlighting liver pathology while you were sleeping at your desk at 3AM. Read Robins pathology (the big one). It'll stick with you forever.
DocBastard 40
Is there another pathology book OTHER than Robbins?
abceasyas123abc 12
He's differentiating the big Robbins from the student Robbins which is what we were advised to read in med school.
neurodoc 1
116 - yup !
winfieldALJD 6
Wait,wait, wait. You were studying liver pathology? Man. "Hey, it could be worse. You could be the guy studying textbooks on liver pathology."
thefallenqueen 5
Sure it's not fun now, but when he's making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and saving lives, you'll WISH you were the guy studying liver pathology :)
winfieldALJD 6
Of course, but the benefits now are not nearly that amazing as they are later on. So at that moment, more than quite a few things look better.
winfieldALJD 6
Just the first four words of this FML could be it's own FML. I am still interested in this liver pathology and just how much there could possibly be to it. Hahaha Never even heard of it before
neurodoc 1
Not much 44; just about 400 pages in font size ten. And things you never knew existed will be the ones that they always ask on your exams.
Welshite 40
Or you get taught by people who WROTE the textbooks, or who once worked directly underneath them. You don't have a snowball's chance in that case. They KNOW when you haven't studied the books.
elephantsarecute 16
Does it occur to you, 44, that the study of liver pathology exists because it is important and people are interested in it? Obviously not.
winfieldALJD 6
Does it occur to you that since the majority of the population most likely doesn't know about liver pathology, that the subject matter is appearing to occur non-interesting except to a very few? Or it could just be that it's not widely educated to many and therefore many do not find it interesting.
winfieldALJD 6
Neither show it's true value, but no one was saying it was in any way unimportant. Has this occurred to you? Obviously not.