Note: this may be a bit disjointed.
I am SO sick and tired of PMB's: pre-med b!tches.
ALMOST (and I type that in all caps, because there are AT LEAST five of you who I believe to be truly respectable and friendly people) every pre-med I have encountered has been a PMB: the kind of person who would never help you out on a homework assignment but will come to you expecting help, a person who might misinform you to ensure that they get a better grade, someone who is only your friend when you have a class with them, a sneaky b!tch who saps everything they can from you if you let them get too close. PMBs are everywhere and make up the majority of my classmates, and I am truly sickened by these people.
These are the people who are the BIGGEST grade WHORES I have ever encountered. See, I, like any other student, enjoy getting good grades. This much is true. Who doesn't like getting a good grade? The difference between me and a PMB is that sometimes, amazingly, I express legitimate interest in what I'm learning (EVEN IF IT'S NOT BIOLOGY, ZOMGGGG). Sometimes, I care about learning and understanding the information instead of just memorizing sh!t like a robot to vomit it back up on an exam, brain dump it, and hope for a good grade. I like understanding things, not just memorizing something for a grade.
I'm currently taking a chemistry class that is mostly comprised of PMBs (because it is mainly taken to satisfy a pre-med requirement), but a few other pre-health people as well. These people literally sicken me sometimes. A few days ago in class, they were begging our professor to curve our class (which probably wouldn't need curving if people would actually put forward any effort to this class), and he FINALLY gave in. I feel sorry for him. He's so enthusiastic for this subject and half of his students talk sh!t about him in lab when he's not around, saying how boring it is and how stupid this material is. Yeah, I hate this class for completely different reasons: my GSIs are really tough graders and it is impossible to receive full credit on certain sections on the most frustrating lab reports ever. Lab reports are frustrating as f(ck, but I'm not going to disrespect the subject behind my professor's back.
Anyway, some PMBs are either really passive aggressive or socially inexperienced. One person had told me, when I told her I was going to a school to interview, "Oh yeah, well I declined their interview offer because their school was on the bottom of my list, but, yeah, good for you!"
How am I supposed to interpret that? Am I supposed to think that she was genuinely interested in my interview prospects? Or is it somewhat fair for me to think that she might be sizing me up, or maybe even being passive aggressive? I could have misinterpreted this comment, and perhaps she was trying to be nice. Alternatively, maybe she was being passive aggressive? Who knows? All I know is that I would NEVER say anything like that to anyone. I would never bring up ranking in a negative way, especially not to someone I hardly knew!
Some people think this girl is a complete b!tch, while others swear she is one of the nicest people they ever met. These people confuse and concern me the most. Either way, whatever they are, they are severely misunderstood by half of the people they interact with. Because of the interactions I have had with most pre-meds, I tend to think that they could be a PMB before I will be convinced that they are a completely honest and genuine person. I'm just skeptical and I don't trust everybody I meet. Unfortunately, in this cutthroat environment, I think it's safer to be less trusting instead of more optimistic.
I'm not quite sure what to think about what she said or about how people act in my class. ... whatever the case, I just hope that people grow up and mature by the time I am a medical student. I hope that people can accept that classes are difficult without dismissing the material as boring, and I hope that people can collaborate and not have to worry about whether a colleague is out to get them or not.
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