Ennui

Most of my classmates appear to be dazed to paralysis by the lack of mental stimulation and structure this quarter.

Many of us, upon realizing that there wasn't a lot of substance to be found in our curriculum, resigned ourselves to spacing out during lecture and the effort we expend in class and clinical seems barely enough to keep our hearts beating.

Some classmates are gamely trucking on and it's kind of fun to note their annoyance with the rest of us slackers. They're the ones turning in 11 pages of notes (compared to my 1), attending all classes and actually asking questions, at clinical on time every day, and keeping tabs on the rest of us - making mental notes of our absences and so-so work.

At least one classmate has seemed to take this opportunity to completely disengage from the program. Barely making an effort to attend, arriving to clinical seminar 20 minutes late and then walking away to stand in line for a cup of coffee for another 10 minutes (clinical seminar's only an hour long). Really, it's their choice just as the rest of us have chosen to be slackers or truckers.

But it's still pretty amusing to see the truckers get so wound up about the lack of enthusiasm from the rest of us.