Behavioral Science Fail

Over the past two weeks I've been putting together my academic plan for finishing my degree, plus getting in all of the classes I need for the MCAT, so that when I come back from my adventure, I'll be set to go. I have had to meet with three separate councilors to do this, and I have had some of the funniest, and most surreal experiences from them.

I'll start with the "surreal" councilor first: Mr. H (Or Doctor, as he likes to be called) is my GE adviser. I had to visit him to get the contact info for the Pre-Med councilor, and just to ask him what best way to go about my business was. As we got talking, and I told him my intentions, he proceeded to try and convince me that, because I was getting older (and the older you are when doing school the more likely you are to drop out) that I should forget about my dreams of serving others in far-away places and just plug away through school. He said that he didn't want to see such a good student with great potential to be robbed of her chance to become more than... nothing. If I leave now, I may never get my chance to be a doctor.

I'm not making this conversation up. It really happened!

I endured through his pep talk, relatively calmly and outwardly happily too. Though, I was a bit irked. I kept thinking in my head "I asked for you to point me in the right direction, not to give me your opinion". Oh well, I got it anyway. But, I've decided to take what he said and twist it into opinions I would have actually appreciated. Here they are:

1)I cannot be guaranteed a life devoid of death, divorce, loss, disabilities, and accidents, therefore, I should get the education I need to be able to provide for myself- especially in something that I love and am passionate about.
2)I have talents and abilities that are wanted and useful, and may help to make this world a better place.
3)You. Are. Awesome. ("Why, thank you.")

Now for the funny one: Councilor Number Two- Ms. Behavioral-Science-Failure. For sort, we'll call her MBSF. MBSF graduated with her BS degree in Behavioral Science/Psychology from UVSC about two years ago. She now works for the department at UVU as a Behavioral Science councilor. She's a nice lady, she really is. But you would've thought that she would have picked up a thing or two from slaving through 4 years of psych classes. This woman is quite confused,and the worst listener alive.

Take one: "Wow, those are beautiful pictures on your wall! Did you take them yourself?" I said to MBSF pointing to the kodak pics on the adjacent wall.

"Yeah, I did. They're from a trip to Guatemala I took last year." She says looking at them too.

"I love the black and white one with the old fence..."

"Actually, I didn't take that one."

"What?"

"Actually, I didn't take the one at the top either... or the one in the middle... or the four on the left hand side. Let's see,I think I took the one on the far right corner."

"Uhhh.." I then decide it's just not worth it to continue the conversation.

Take two: "So, I was wondering if you had any suggestions of some psychology classes that might be beneficial for me to have learned for medical school." I say as we're finishing up my degree evaluation.

"I really can't say, I really don't know anything about medical school, I suppose you would want to take Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy..." She says to me with a very confused look on her face.

"No, no. I don't mean science classes, I wouldn't ask you about those. I mean psychology classes."

"Like I said, I think you should probably look into chemistry and biology. But you'd want to talk to the science department about that..."

"No, really. I know. I'm not concerned about those, I already know. I mean, do you think that any of these psychology classes would benefit me to have taken before med-school?" I say, pointing to the course listings.

"Maybe I should help you set up an appointment with the science department..."

She's looking at me like a deer caught in the headlights.

"Ugh. Never mind!"

I pick up my thinks and walk away thinking "How ironic."

Happiness is...
~Putting together a plan
~Feeling pretty darn good about that plan
~Knowing I'm making the right decisions for me
~New scrubs
~Waffle Crisp cereal
~Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium
~Slumdog Millionaire
~Ending another semester with flying colors
~Cooking a great meal- healthy too!

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
~Robert McCloskey