Prior to this time, I always got carried away by the titles of doctors and different medical practitioners, I have always known that they put so much work into becoming what they are but never had I gotten a closer look at what happens behind the scenes.
Watching from the sidelines I didn’t know the journey was harder than I could ever imagine, upon discovering this my respect for them grew.
I had no idea of the price they had to pay to be successful. I didn’t know the amount of time they put into studying, the sacrifices, the tears they shed secretly, the pains of not sleeping, the tons of terminologies they have to have at their fingertips, the fear associated with writing exams and seeing their results and a long list of things these students go through just to achieve this dream of theirs.
Students in the medical field are technically supposed to be like superhumans as apparently, people’s lives are in their “hands”. The C grade which is considered a pass to an average student can be sometimes considered a fail or a resit for these medical students and it’s crazy.
I got to understand all of this when my kid sister started her medical journey a few years ago. Over the years I have watched my sister cry, I have watched her panic because her mates were failing out of the department, I have watched her panic because she didn’t want to repeat a level and I have watched her get worried sick because of funds. It’s painful when you get to see all of these and you can’t do anything reasonable to stop her from feeling this way. The very least you can do is to keep encouraging her to keep pushing but the pain still remains and it’s so sad.
Students in the medical field go through a lot and I always admire the ones who come out victoriously because choosing to go through that journey is not a walk in the park.
This post was triggered by my sister’s outburst yesterday. She got frustrated yesterday when she was told the amount of money she would have to pay to execute her project work. You know that type of money you hear and you just feel like fainting because you know if they squeeze you dry such an amount cannot come out of your pocket.
I am aware that money for executing projects in colleges can be expensive but this was just too much.
I heard my sister cry yesterday and it broke my heart. While I tried to process everything I thought about people who are struggling financially, how will they be able to come up with this amount? Would this be the last straw that makes them give up?
Learning is way better when you have all the financial support that you need but when you are all alone it’s hard. I and my family will be able to raise the money eventually but what of students with no sponsors? What of students who might just be the only graduate in their family and their poor family cannot do anything to help?
Do you wonder why most of these brainiacs fall into depression? Or become suicidal it’s because of the pressure, schools don’t make it any easier and some of them their parents are the problem. You might just see a young boy or girl full of life take their life and you can’t help but wonder what was behind their decision. To you they had everything going well for them but behind the scenes they might have been going through hell.
In a nutshell, if you know any student in the medical field please check up on them, send them money, encourage them, and pray for them as those people go through a lot more than meets the eye.
My heart goes out to not just medical students but every hardworking student out there who is trying to make mama proud, Y’all are gonna make mama proud indeed.
Keep pushing as you all rock!
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