I start nursing school this fall. A few weeks before nursing school there is a mandatory (8 hour???) orientation. It was supposed to be on August 18th. I was going to quit my job, go to orientation, get married on the 19th and go on my honeymoon starting the 20th. I've put down money for a nonrefundable hotel and kinda refundable airfare; my family has requested vacation time and booked tickets as well since they're flying HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY to see me.
Today I got a letter in the mail saying they have changed the date of mandatory orientation to the 20th. The wedding is in Dallas but I have to be back in Houston at 8 am for orientation the next day. Um, how about a big FUCK YOU to my nursing school?
Look, I understand that nursing school is the hardest thing evar. It will suck up my life, include teachers who torture and belittle me and make everything else I've ever done look like a piece of cake. Even if I buy into this (I stayed in Houston during Ike so I could work 5 days straight of 12 on, 12 off with only energy bars for food. I worked 80 hour weeks when my fiance was unemployed and still kept a 4.0 while taking 11 credits. I was in the Army.), I REFUSE to sign over my life before classes start. It is NOT MY FAULT that the school is so damn disorganized that they can't even honor a simple orientation date that was given to us two months ago.
I left a message with the head of undergrad nursing asking what I should do (I might have bent the truth and told her that the 20th is my actual wedding day). If she tells me anything other than "We will work with you," I am so out of there. There is another very good BSN program in the medical center at the same cost and if I got into the program I'm in now, I will get into their program for Spring '11. It will take me an extra year to graduate but at least I will get an extra 6 months of work at my current job (that just gave me a $2/hr raise! I hate it but they're making it hard to leave) to save even more money... and I might get to go to a school that knows how to schedule events more than a month ahead of time. I might get to graduate when I finish my classes instead of 6 months later. I'll have summers off to get externships at local hospitals for great experience and job leads.
I'm sorry, I am just so angry right now and I needed to vent to someone who cares.
Today I got a letter in the mail saying they have changed the date of mandatory orientation to the 20th. The wedding is in Dallas but I have to be back in Houston at 8 am for orientation the next day. Um, how about a big FUCK YOU to my nursing school?
Look, I understand that nursing school is the hardest thing evar. It will suck up my life, include teachers who torture and belittle me and make everything else I've ever done look like a piece of cake. Even if I buy into this (I stayed in Houston during Ike so I could work 5 days straight of 12 on, 12 off with only energy bars for food. I worked 80 hour weeks when my fiance was unemployed and still kept a 4.0 while taking 11 credits. I was in the Army.), I REFUSE to sign over my life before classes start. It is NOT MY FAULT that the school is so damn disorganized that they can't even honor a simple orientation date that was given to us two months ago.
I left a message with the head of undergrad nursing asking what I should do (I might have bent the truth and told her that the 20th is my actual wedding day). If she tells me anything other than "We will work with you," I am so out of there. There is another very good BSN program in the medical center at the same cost and if I got into the program I'm in now, I will get into their program for Spring '11. It will take me an extra year to graduate but at least I will get an extra 6 months of work at my current job (that just gave me a $2/hr raise! I hate it but they're making it hard to leave) to save even more money... and I might get to go to a school that knows how to schedule events more than a month ahead of time. I might get to graduate when I finish my classes instead of 6 months later. I'll have summers off to get externships at local hospitals for great experience and job leads.
I'm sorry, I am just so angry right now and I needed to vent to someone who cares.
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